David Nowell, Ph.D.

Clinical neuropsychologist and Psychology Today contributor - passionate about motivation and focus and fully engaged living. How 'bout you?

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Psychologists have long posited two ways of thinking. "Fast and slow. One is evolutionarily older, both have strengths and foibles.

But easy access to large language models creates a possible third way, discussed in this paper as "cognitive surrender."

https://t.co/aVcXOjFfyy

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@edgaralandough Yeah, it was sleep. Cornerstone.

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Brain changes associated with 2 types of meditation practice

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On average, across platforms, each second is worth about 0.007 cents to the platform ecosystem (very little individually, but it adds up massively across billions of users). The real cost is our own attentional control, time, and well-being.

[David Nowell, Ph.D. @davidnowell]

If you don't pay for a product (eg subscription to actual journalism), then you are the product. Our attention is being bought and sold like hog jowls.

Free product, like social media and teevee "news" is monetized by aggregating our attention and selling it.

[David Nowell, Ph.D. @davidnowell]

"behind the color lies the cataclysm"

- Rothko

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If you don't live the life you are born for, it makes you ill.

- C. Wood

[David Nowell, Ph.D. @davidnowell]

On average, my attention is worth 38 cents per hour to advertisers.

(If I don't pay for the product, I am the product).

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I spent most of my allocated reading time reflecting on this, taking notes, researching tangents. This is such a helpful fresh deep way of thinking about phones/screens/tech.

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I’m in the @nytimes today. Stop calling your phone a drug. It’s a portal into Fairyland!
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@jenszalai nyt pop culture / counterculture piece is wow. Work the price of admission just for the juicy links. Thanks

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This study examined the demographic, cognitive, sleep, and behavioral factors associated with IA and HI symptoms among children. https://t.co/f7wPBFdJmK

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Meta-analysis of transcranial direct current stimulation as a treatment for ADHD symptoms.

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"Results support the need for a gender-specific lens when considering the lifespan impacts of ADHD symptoms" https://t.co/8ezdjyKNCd

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Prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and comorbid psychiatric problems in children 12 years and younger: a systematic review and meta-analysis - ScienceDirect https://t.co/GUx0R3XTKS

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A collaboration and consultation meeting is an opportunity to problem solve regarding your current ADHD support plan. This consultation may be for you or a loved one, or for your clients/students.

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[David Nowell, Ph.D. @davidnowell]

“a wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes.” *

Herbert Simon, 1971

* It's attention. Content consumes attention.