Reading around a few papers on deep reading, attention and similar.
Like the idea of Continuous Partial Attention (Stone) vs multitasking
"In the case of continuous partial attention, we’re motivated by a desire not to miss anything. We’re engaged in two activities that both demand cognition."
lindastone.net
Beyond Simple Multi-Tasking: Continuous Partial Attention
What I call continuous partial attention is referred to as complex multi-tasking in cognitive science. Most of us don’t walk around distinguishing between simple and complex multi-tasking when we …