Update: To thrive in the Knowledge Age, prioritize Deep work, avoid the Shallows, and Self-Quantify

By SharpBrains | October 25, 2016

————— Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter. Hap­py read­ing! New think­ing: To boost pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and cog­ni­tion in the Knowl­edge Age, pri­or­i­tize Deep work, avoid the Shal­lows, and Self-Quan­ti­fy Reports high­light need for cog­ni­tive health inno­va­tion giv­en aging glob­al pop­u­la­tion Increased access to cog­ni­tive screen­ings in pri­ma­ry care set­tings serv­ing old­er adults Under­stand your…

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To boost productivity and cognition in the Knowledge Age, prioritize Deep work, avoid the Shallows, and Self-Quantify

By Luc P. Beaudoin | September 26, 2016

————— In 2009, Winifred Gal­lagher pub­lished his excel­lent Rapt: Atten­tion and the Focused Life, per­sua­sive­ly argu­ing that pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, enjoy­ment and human devel­op­ment require extend­ed peri­ods of focus­ing. The next year, Nicholas Carr pub­lished his fas­ci­nat­ing The Shal­lows: What the Inter­net Is Doing to Our Brains in which he argued that the Inter­net is ‘rewiring’ our brains.…

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Why working memory matters in the knowledge age: study

By Dr. Tracy Alloway | August 21, 2010 |

We use work­ing mem­o­ry to remem­ber direc­tions while dri­ving or someone’s name and phone num­ber. With­out it, we would be lit­er­al­ly lost; we wouldn’t know how to get to that impor­tant meet­ing and would for­get impor­tant con­tacts. Work­ing mem­o­ry is crit­i­cal for many activities.

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