Attention Deficit Trait

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American research has shown that office employees are interrupted approximately every third minute and that people who work in front of a computer screen have an average of eight windows open simultaneously. Psychiatrist Edward Hallowell coined the term attention deficit trait (ADT) to describe this severe way of modern life. The brain is inundated with a torrent of information that never runs dry.

Imagine you’re starting your day sorting new emails when the IT department calls and urges you to fill in some form at once? Then a colleague steps in to your room and asks a work-related question, and at the same time someone ...

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