Maryanne Wolf Quotes

A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.

Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.

I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.

Texting is addicting. Once you get emotionally involved with constant outside stimulation assaulting your brain, it is hard to stop looking at your machine every two minutes. Without rapid fire words appearing on a screen, you feel bored, not part of the action.

The critics tend to forget their own answers after a while.

Short term memory is not good.

My memory's bad!

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

We're all posting and clicking and sharing, but we're not devoting enough attention to get anything meaningful from it all.

I study the ways new media shapes people's perceptions of the world.

I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.

The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive.

Things like the movie 'Memento' are interesting to me because our memories of the things we've done and how we've behaved form our notion of who we are, what our character is. So if part of that were missing, what does that actually say about you? And what does it say about your sense of responsibility for things if you can't remember them?

I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now.

A Bourbon never learns anything, and never forgets anything.

Ironically, while many of us spend hours every day using small mobile devices to increase our productivity and efficiency, interacting with these objects, even for short periods of time, might do just the opposite, reducing our assertiveness and undermining our productivity.

I am aware, as everybody has to be, that there's more competition for one's attention nowadays.

I have a very bad memory. I can't remember my own life very well.

I've got a short memory span.

The iPad is becoming the babysitter… Silicon Valley programs these things to be addictive.

I don't like the fact people watch things on their phones and tablets, it kind of hurts my heart.

Since being on television, I have felt that my brain is degenerating.

I'm like a goldfish. My memory is terrible.

I have a really bad memory, to be honest.