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Strong Women
“What happens to your brain when you get a notification at work? I turned my alerts off for 2 weeks to see the difference”
By Lauren Geall
10 months ago
9 min read
Dealing with notifications is a part of modern working life, but having your attention split between a Word document and messages popping up at the top of your screen isn’t easy. In fact, it could be actively making our brains worse. So, what would happen if we just… turned them off? Strong Women’s Lauren Geall gave it a go to see what would happen and asked the experts to explain what happens when our attention is divided.
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