Editing Distraction (section)

== In education ==
Many psychological studies show that switching between tasks, use of technology, and overstimulation has increased levels of distraction in the school setting. At school, distraction is often viewed as a source of poor performance and misbehavior. Distraction makes focusing on singular, assigned tasks more difficult. Digital components of learning are an emerging component to classroom distraction. Parents, teachers, students, and scholars all have opinions about how technology either benefits or harms a students' focus in an academic setting. Research studies show that neuron circuits indicate a decrease in ability to be attentive to goal relative stimulus with the addition of distracting stimuli interference. School-aged students, with developing brains, are more apt to conflicting stimuli while trying to focus. [[Classroom overcrowding|Large classroom sizes]], technology use in and outside the classroom, and less natural stimuli have been seen as contributing factors to deflating test scores and classroom participation.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The Neural Mechanisms for Minimizing Cross-Modal Distraction|last = Weissman|first = D.H.|date = 2004|journal = The Journal of Neuroscience|doi = 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3669-04.2004|pmid = 15574744|volume=24|issue = 48|pages=10941–10949|pmc = 6730222|doi-access = free}}</ref>