These additional deaths likely reflect a combination of factors, including increased exposure to poor air quality and health ...

Johns Hopkins computer scientists designed an interruption-handling system to facilitate more natural conversations with ...

Interruptions can be work-related or non-work-related. Bush defines a work-related interruption as “an unexpected encounter initiated by another person that disrupts an individual’s work but ...

Whether interruptions come from our environment or from our own brains, it seems clear that they do help us stay productive. But external interruptions do have a cost: They seem to increase stress ...

It's a problem that spans both Tampa and St. Pete. Utility companies are sending people who live in multiple apartment complexes letters telling them their utilities could be shut off.

Interruptions are at the heart of the announcement by the Commission on Presidential Debates that during the Trump-Biden debate Thursday night each candidate’s mic will be muted during the other ...

Interruptions can certainly be the result of life's messiness — smoke alarms resulting from burnt pot roasts, robocalls in the middle of dinner, thoughtless intrusions into private conversations.

“If you’re doing something important, try to reduce external interruptions as best you can,” suggested Foroughi. “Turn off your cell phone. Turn off your Twitter and e-mail notifications.

Some interruptions can be cooperative – like for example, saying, “Wait a moment – I’m not following you. I may have misunderstood. Do you mean this?” to add or contribute to a conversation.