Brain, Emotional intelligence, General

You can be glad about that

Those of us of ‘a certain age’ might recall seeing ‘Pollyanna’ on TV many moons ago. Based on the bestselling novel by Eleanor H Porter, Pollyanna is now considered a classic children’s book, and the name, synonymous with having an optimistic outlook. We’ll come back to Pollyanna later, because I [...]

Brain

Multitasking – The new brain disease?

  Are you sure you want to multitask? While it may sound like a good idea to get several things done at once, it’s actually known to slow you down, not speed things up. What’s more, the quality of what you achieve deteriorates too. If you have any trouble concentrating, [...]

Brain, Emotional intelligence

Are you addicted to multitasking?

It’s reckoned that within the last few decades, we’ve had to get used to dealing with four times more going on at a time. That’s a huge jump! It’s not that I’ve got ADHD, it’s just ooh look there’s a squirrel…! Do you too, watch TV while checking your emails, [...]

Brain, Emotional intelligence

Distracted pilots

Distracted pilots deliver their passengers an hour late. I expect they just wanted to finish off what they were doing on the computer…     So are Pilotless planes safer for passengers than the combination of automated systems and human operators, who get distracted from time to time? The US Air Force’s Global [...]