Stone said one of the most important things people can do to combat a feeling of digital information overload is to focus on breathing. She pointed out that people tend to hold their breath when opening and reading an email, for example. This compromised breathing tends to bring us more to a state of fight or flight, Stone said, explaining that it causes the autonomic nervous system to get more agitated.
Stone called this: Email apnea, or more broadly screen apnea, a term which she coined.
Stone also referenced the term continuous partial attention, which, as it suggests, is the idea of constantly paying only partial attention to different tasks in an effort not to miss anything.
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The death of a woman infected with Covid-19 in New South Wales highlights the importance of speedy vaccination, a public health expert is warning.
A woman waits for a ferry at Circular Quay near Sydney Harbour Bridge during lockdown in Sydney.
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The Australian state recorded 77 new cases of the coronavirus yesterday, and its first Covid-19 related death in 10 months.
Twenty-two of those cases had no known source of infection and 33 of those cases were out in the community while sick. Authorities expect case numbers today to exceed 100.
Victorian health authorities have ordered the effective closure of the state s border with New South Wales.