{"id":4065,"date":"2021-12-27T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/automated-training.com\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2023-05-16T12:28:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T12:28:42","slug":"attention-loss-learning-and-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/automated-training.com\/de\/attention-loss-learning-and-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention Loss. The Wandering Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Verlorene Aufmerksamkeit! Dem Finder wird eine Belohnung angeboten! <\/strong>
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When it comes to technical trainings, aist die Aufmerksamkeit entscheidend,<\/span> without attention you don’t build das Ged\u00e4chtnis<\/a>. So, you either pay attention when you are in a training or you just pay the price.<\/span><\/p>

Learning attention and attention loss are the most important factors that influence our learning and also employees’ training. When we are paying attention to learning there are things that we should not do, but nevertheless, we do. And there are things that we should do and we don’t do.<\/p>

According to this simple classification, we will see what are the attention’s bad habits that we have to quit and what are the good habits that we have to build:<\/p>

  1. Avoid attention loss (the wandering mind)<\/li>
  2. Aufmerksamkeit trainieren<\/a><\/li><\/ol>

    In this article, I will discuss only the “bad guy”, the one that steals our attention when we want to learn. And I will give some short tips about how to regain control over your mind when that happens.<\/p>

    What is attention loss?<\/h2>
     <\/div>
    \"Concentration<\/div>

    Attention loss or concentration loss is also known as mind-wandering or the monkey mind because it jumps all over the place.<\/p>

    Why does it happen? Are we able to control it?<\/p>

    Yes, we can. Before getting too excited and then disappointed about how to control the wandering mind, I want to make a warning here: the process takes time and it involves activities you might not have time for, like walking in nature or meditation 😉.<\/p>

    Was ist Ihrer Meinung nach der st\u00f6rende Faktor, wenn es um die Konzentration geht:<\/p>

    the voices of the people talking outside or the voice from your own head?<\/strong><\/p>

    Manifestation<\/h4>

    Have you noticed that there is a voice in your head?<\/p>

    It usually pops up uninvited and tells you things that are task-unrelated and stimulus-independent:<\/p>

    “Das war dumm von mir<\/em>!”<\/p>

    “Was soll ich auf der Party anziehen<\/em>?”<\/p>

    “Warum hat er mich jetzt angerufen, nach so langer Zeit<\/em>?”<\/p>

    This is the wandering mind, the mind that wanders uncontrolled from one thought to another. Even more in situations when it shouldn’t, like when you are trying to learn. Or read or when you attend a lecture, training, or presentation.<\/p>

    It feels relaxing to be able to wander on sunny beaches, while sitting in your office chair, as a reward for finishing a complex task. The kind of daydreaming that allows us to release the stress after a meeting with a client.<\/p>

    Although this activity of the mind is essential, it has its drawbacks. It activates uncontrolled and also when you don’t want that. Like when you paid a significant amount of money for a training\/workshop that is crucial for your work. It might do it also when your wife talks to you. But since I am self-instructed in learning and not on marriage problems, I am going to focus on fixing issues disturbing your learning.<\/p>

    There is something even worse than the fact that it activates during learning. When practiced very often, it is associated with depression, anxiety, and even schizophrenia.<\/p>

    The default mode network DMN of the mind<\/h3>

    Die neurowissenschaftliche Erkl\u00e4rung f\u00fcr den wandernden Geist lautet: unser Geist hat einen \u201edefault mode\u201c<\/strong>. The default mode of the brain gets activated when the person is not engaged in a specific task. Or during automatic behavior: motor behavior without conscious self-control, like brushing teeth or driving.<\/p>

    A simple association is just like your laptop screen saver (or saving energy mode) which is activated after a period of time of not using it. In neuroscience, this mode is called exactly \" Ruhestandsnetzwerk \" (Default Mode Netweor -DMN englisch)<\/a>  and anatomically is the medial frontoparietal network. So far so good! It means we are not sick (in the brain) and we are all daydreaming. Some more some less, depending on the level of “busyness” and self-control.<\/p>

    This syndrome is also called the wandering mind. But in order to avoid building a wrong image based on the wrong usage of the words, I must tell you that in this case, it is not the mind that is wandering, but your awareness. Your awareness moves from one thought to another.<\/p>

    In order to excel at concentration, you have to train your awareness to stay focused on the topic you want, for an extended period of time. Concentration can be trained, just like any muscle. The more you use it the stronger will be. In order to do that, you have to understand what are the reasons why you lose attention and try to find a find proper solution.<\/p>

    McMillan, Kaufmann und Singer (2013) haben das Umherschweifen der Gedanken in drei Subtypen unterteilt:<\/p>