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The psychology of attention lists numerous views (and research projects) on how attention works. Some contradictory information – see the “cocktail party effect” and “reading and writing multitasking”. Attention and multitasking is an important aspect of learning. I’m personally not convinced that we are very good at multitasking – I think we task switch rapidly, leaving the impression that we can multitask. We should be relying on existing research in the psychology of attention to inform our views of learning, memory, and multitasking. New technologies can be a bit deceptive, suggesting we are entering a brave new world…but they hardly overwrite several decades of research into the human brain.