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May 05, 2005
Is Technology Making Us More Scatterbrained?
"Dr. Edward Hallowell, a psychiatrist who's studied attention deficit disorder for more than a decade, has identified a related disorder he calls attention deficit trait, and he says it's reaching epidemic proportions in the corporate world. Unlike attention deficit disorder, or ADD, people aren't born with ADT. It's the result, he contends, of the modern workplace, where the constant and relentless chatter coming from our computers, phones and other high-tech devices is diluting our mental powers."
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Posted on May 5, 2005 08:28 PM by attent277.
Filed in Mental Health Update under attention deficit disorder.
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