Posts Tagged ‘focus’
Brain directs traffic to stay on task
UC DAVIS (US) — Just like a road sign alerts us to merging traffic ahead, the brain can change its connections to minimize distraction and take advantage of what we know of the situation at hand. Continue…
Friday, February 3, 2012 14:03 - 0 Comments
Top Stories - Oct 3, 2011 8:27 - 1 Comment
How to make cameras auto-focus like eyes
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A new algorithm suggests there is information lurking in images that cameras have yet to tap. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 31, 2009 13:12 - 1 Comment
Pay attention, multitaskers!
“When [multitaskers are] in situations where there are multiple sources of information coming from the external world or emerging out of memory, they’re not able to filter out what’s not relevant to their current goal,” says psychologist Anthony Wagner. “That failure to filter means they’re slowed down by that irrelevant information.”
