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Attention is a precious mental resource. Every day we are bombarded with information, decisions, distractions, and things we need to remember. What should I wear today? What should I make for breakfast? Did I lock the door? Can I just hide under the duvet and play Pokémon until June? Even though we can often instinctively—and seemingly instantly—answer these questions, there’s a real cost incurred when doing so.
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Riley, S. (2024). Attention and Distraction. In: Mindful Design. Design Thinking. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0143-3_1
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