The findings challenge preconceived notions about attention and brain complexity.
Why do we get distracted?Whether you're trying to hold a conversation at a busy restaurant or read on a crowded train, our brains sometimes struggle to pay attention. And while that might be annoying in our fast-paced society, getting easily distracted may actually be a side effect of a more complex brain.Previous research has shown that our brains can control how much we focus on certain information cues and how much we filter out.
They are the intraparietal sulcus, which is involved in attention and manipulation of information in working memory, and the anterior cingulate cortex, which is involved in decision-making, learning and motivation.'You can think about the intraparietal sulcus as having two knobs on a radio dial: one that adjusts focusing and one that adjusts filtering,' Ritz said. 'In our study, the anterior cingulate cortex tracks what's going on with the dots.
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