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Research by Gloria Mark of the University of California, Irvine shows that after each interruption it takes an average of more than 20 minutes to re-enter a state of deep focus
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UnverifiedResearch generally finds that after being interrupted, people typically need several minutes or even longer to re-enter a state of focus.78% similarUnverifiedCal Newport noted in Deep Work that it typically takes humans 15–25 minutes of uninterrupted concentration to enter a flow state, and that after a single interruption it may take an additional 23 minutes to return to the same level of focus.76% similarUnverifiedProfessor Gloria Mark of the University of California, Irvine found through experiments that knowledge workers are interrupted on average once every 11 minutes, and it takes an average of 23 minutes to recover from an interruption back to the original level of focus.73% similar
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