Deep Reading – The Ultimate Brain Training To Improve Your Concentration?
from The Digital Diet Hosted by Marisha Pink
In this episode, I talk about: How digital distractions have turned even the most avid readers into casual readers What deep reading is and how it can boost your executive attention by training your brain to concentrate for long periods of time The paradox of requiring focus to engage in deep reading, in order to improve your overall capacity for focus The benefits of deep reading for other cognitive functions and its role in the development of key intellectual and emotional skills Why what you read is less important than how you’re reading it How the offline reading experience is different to the online reading experience, and why skim reading is causing you to develop cognitive impatience The possible impact on your personal and/or professional life from failing to maintain an ability to read longer, denser, or more difficult texts Whether you can engage in deep reading using e-readers such as the Kindle, and the effect of such devices on your ability to comprehend and retain what you read Practical steps you can take to cultivate a deep reading habit and restore your attention View show notes including links to all the resources and tools mentioned: https://thedigitaldietcoach.com/008 Get your free #TechTimeout Challenge 30 Day Digital Detox Guide Keep in touch with me: Visit my website at thedigitaldietcoach.com Join the digital wellness community at The Digital Diet Lounge Subscribe to my newsletter, Unplugged Email me at [email protected] Connect with me on Instagram @thedigitaldietcoach or LinkedIn ---------------------------------------- Music by FASSounds
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Do you struggle to read a book these days? What about longer documents, like reports or contracts? Your executive attention is to blame! In this episode, I explain how practising deep reading, where you engage with and focus on text, tuning out all other distractions, can help improve your executive attention and restore your capacity for concentration. I explore whether it matters what you read, the very different ways that you read online vs offline, and if it’s possible to practise deep reading on a Kindle. I also share some practical steps for cultivating a deep reading habit of your own.
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