Learning In The Age Of Digital Distraction

Maybe the smart phone's hegemony makes perfect evolutionary sense: Humans are tapping a deep urge to seek out information. Our ancient food-foraging survival instinct has evolved into an info-foraging obsession; one that prompts many of us today to constantly check our phones and multitask. Monkey see. Click. Swipe. Reward. A new book, "The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High Tech World," explores the implications of, and brain science behind, this evolution (some might say devolution).
Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/05/498477634/learning-in-the-age-of-digital-distraction?source=Snapzu