UCI Podcast: If you can’t pay attention, you’re not alone
Gloria Mark explains why we’re distracted and how to fight it
Gloria Mark explains why we’re distracted and how to fight it
Informatics professor Gloria Mark has been awarded a National Science Foundation Cyber-Human Systems grant to study methods of identifying and addressing workplace stress. The $1.2 million grant runs through July 2020 and will be shared with co-investigators Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna of Texas A&M University and Ioannis Pavlidis of the University of Houston. Mark’s portion of the funding is $420,000. The […]
Taking and sharing smartphone photos boosts positive feelings
Two of UCI’s most high-profile researchers are featured at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, at which leaders from around the globe and across many disciplines engage in deep and inquisitive discussion of current innovations and issues. On Friday, June 24, UCI vector biologist Anthony James participated in a panel on recent advances in gene editing that have allowed […]
Study correlates tiredness, bad mood, distractibility and social media browsing
Being cut off from work e-mail increases focus and reduces stress.