Welcome to the next installment of Paying Attention to Attention, the video-mostly portion of the “John Medina’s Brain Rules” substack. This entry describes what happens if someone interrupts you, breaking your attentional focus. The whole thing can be illustrated by an elementary student writing writing about the story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.”
As ever, there are both uncaptioned and captioned (cc) versions of this video.
Here are a few references for Entry 060:
Mayr, U. et al Developing Individuality in the Human Brain: A Tribute to Michael I. Posner. Washington, DC: American Psych Assoc, 2005.
Raz, A., and J. Buhle. "Typologies of Attentional Networks ". Nature Rev Neuro 7 (2006): 367-79.
Wirth, J. "ADHD Statistics and Facts in 2024." Forbes Health https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/adhd-statistics/#:~:text=An%20estimated%208.7%20million%20adults,continued%20ADHD%20symptoms%20into%20adulthood.(2024).