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The Attention Crisis: Reclaiming Focus in a Distracted World

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Discover how to master your attention span in our hyper-connected age. Drawing from Andrew Huberman's neuroscience research, Cal Newport's digital minimalism strategies, and landmark studies on sleep and exercise, this episode reveals practical protocols to combat distraction-whether you have ADHD or just can't stop checking your phone.

The Attention Crisis: Reclaiming Focus in a Distracted World
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How to tame your wandering mind
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https://www.ted.com/speakers/amishi_jha
Modern Wisdom #418: Johann Hari — Why You Can't Pay Attention And Focus
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/418-johann-hari-why-you-cant-pay-attention-and-focus/id1347973549?i=1000547073338
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/721609.Spark
Adult Sleep Duration Health Advisory
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https://aasm.org/advocacy/position-statements/adult-sleep-duration-health-advisory/
ADHD 2.0
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/adhd-20-by-edward-m-hallowell
Huberman Lab (solo): Focus Toolkit — Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration
link
https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/focus-toolkit-tools-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration
Social facilitation: A meta-analysis of 241 studies
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https://www.epistemonikos.org/en/documents/b7373765672dadd8dddd5eeb76789ea0b24aa7cb
Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/digital-minimalism-by-cal-newport
Examining the protective effects of mindfulness training on working memory and affect
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20141302/
Huberman Lab (solo): ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus
link
https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/adhd-and-how-anyone-can-improve-their-focus
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58597190-stolen-focus
Mindfulness training improves working memory capacity and GRE performance
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23538911/
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
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https://www.ted.com/dubbing/manoush_zomorodi_how_boredom_can_lead_to_your_most_brilliant_ideas
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/indistractable-by-nir-eyal
Attention Span: The New Science of Finding Focus and Fighting Distraction
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63348097-attention-span
Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for ADHD: a network meta-analysis
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036618302694
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29433560-deep-work
How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day
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https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_how_a_handful_of_tech_companies_control_billions_of_minds_every_day
The Couple’s Guide to Thriving with ADHD
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-couples-guide-to-thriving-with-adhd-by-melissa-orlov
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/867-deep-questions-with-cal-ne-95179213/
Recommended Amount of Sleep for a Healthy Adult: Joint Consensus Statement
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https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/full/10.5664/jcsm.4950
Acute effects of moderate aerobic exercise on executive function: A meta-analysis
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/psyp.12736
Peak Mind
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/peak-mind-by-amishi-jha
The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34540154-the-distracted-mind
Huberman Lab (guest): Dr. Cal Newport — How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity
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https://castro.fm/episode/kGBkmA
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