Most involuntary distractions have a common feature: Regardless of the circumstances, the person temporarily becomes indifferent to his work and cuts off all ties with his work for a while.
Scientists explain this involuntary distraction with a hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, there is a network called DMN (Default Mode Network) in the human brain, and when this network interacts with all other parts of the brain, the person begins to wander away uncontrollably. Let’s take a look at the details and more about this very interesting hypothesis.
The hypothesis is that the reason for the far dive is that the waking rest mode is activated.
When a person is indifferent or not fully focused on what is happening around them, the person’s brain goes into a state of waking rest. This network, called DMN, can also come into play when people think about their past or future and become introverted.
In other words, when you do not fully focus on what you are doing and give yourself away, this mode of the brain activates and unconsciously directs you to get away from the situation you are in. Another name for this mode is “Default Mode”, which means a situation that occurs without a conscious choice. However, it should be noted that there is no positive correlation between the DMN and the brain’s attention networks. For example, even if a person really cares about his work, this does not mean that he pays serious attention to that work. So even someone who works hard and carefully can sometimes get distracted.
Some scientists explain the reason for this situation with the dissociation hypothesis.
According to scientists Jonathan W. Schooler and Jonathan Smallwood, when one’s attention is detached from one’s surroundings, one becomes desensitized to outside things. This depersonalization allows the person’s pupils to become completely independent of the external environment, and thus the person’s pupils shrink and grow. This situation, in question, can cause people to look away and ask the question of who they are so distracted by.
Sources: Live Science, Outstanding Evidence
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