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Distractions
A distraction is anything that pulls your mind away from what you mean to be doing. It makes it harder to stay focused, think clearly, or finish a task.​
What a distraction is
A distraction is something that steals your attention from your main activity, like a phone buzz while you are trying to read. It can be annoying (making it hard to think) or pleasant (like a fun movie that takes your mind off worries).​
Types of distractions
- Outside distractions: noises, people talking, phone notifications, TV, clutter, or anything in your surroundings that grabs your attention.​
- Inside distractions: your own thoughts, daydreaming, worries, hunger, tiredness, or stress that make your mind wander away from the task.​
Why distractions matter
Distractions break your concentration so you work more slowly, make more mistakes, or forget what you were doing. They can also be used on purpose to get a mental break, for example using a hobby or a show to take your mind off problems for a while.
Further Reading​
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distraction
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distraction
https://railroads.dot.gov/human-factors/elearning-attention/distraction-definition-and-examples
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/distraction
https://www.psychetal.com/post/distractions-why-do-they-occur-and-4-ways-to-avoid-them
https://www.lifehack.org/what-are-distractions
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/distraction
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/distraction
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/distraction
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/distraction
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10731415/
http://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/1293
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/acff4c7e348fc4249ee44f77a10167aa3ae1d9d1
https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/emo0000337
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/298981897707231f927741c239c99b04c7025b3d
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/2480e1603e986de87bef5778c37fe6b12cbeb99d
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6f747b196e744c02fd2081654293c28a7ef1dcf9
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/apr/article/view/46281
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0b25db4788d612caaf3e416e4f0699b3f362c69d
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/dca6289edf20d00f141d360aa5a0640de3acce08
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2672049/
https://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/hbet/2022/1483531.pdf
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.711416/pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8674581/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9069241/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4001670/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7541424/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3927084/
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