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Digital habits that rob attention and energy — and how to combat them
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Zomorodi talks about how digital habits like this one can drain our attention and energy in Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being , published in May.
Co-authored with behavioral medicine scientist Keith Diaz , the book looks at the physiological effects of our digital lives and offers evidence-backed strategies to combat them.
And every time you use glucose in your brain, you're burning through a finite amount of it, as well as the oxygen it takes to burn it.
Am I processing [the information] in a way that's getting stored in my memory?
I've spoken to researchers, like Gloria Mark at University of California, Irvine, who have studied how we switch our attention.