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Why attention works differently for passive versus active engagement

I can focus perfectly on Netflix for hours but cannot read one page of a book without my mind wandering to seventeen different topics.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind readily receives stimulation but resists the effort required for conscious direction of attention.

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