Jessica Hamzelou

Early in her career, University of California, Irvine Psychologist Gloria Mark's biggest concerns were the potential impacts of internet and email use on our brains. We may laugh those concerns off today, but it’s true that as the technologies became more ubiquitous and ingrained in our daily lives, our attention spans began to shrink. Mark is worried that things are only getting worse. Around two decades ago, Mark started wondering about how our use of devices might affect our attention spans.