Attention

You may have suffered from a lack of attention to the things around you for a long time or you might just find yourself in an environment where distractions are the norm. Whatever the case, your brain is actually changing when you are being distracted. And the more easily you're distracted one day, the more you will focus on distractions the next. Television is an excellent example of this. We focus on visual entertainment and our minds drop into a haze often referred to as "mind fog." And this fog can actually affect the way you behave in your environment. If you're one of those who finds themselves forgetting just how long they've been watching television or surfing the internet, you probably know what this mental fog can be like. Low alpha states of mental activity can be helpful in many circumstances, but in the case of things like television they can actually be detrimental if not checked or counterbalanced.