Comment by didibus

Comment by didibus 14 hours ago

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Yes you read it correctly. It's the time of the "interruption" itself. From when you stopped working on your task to when you resumed working on it.

In that time away from your task you might have answered questions, worked another small task, relaxed, chit chatted, etc.

The time to refocus on the task once resumed wasn't measured, but participants said it was "very detrimental".

> Thus, people’s attention was directed to multiple other topics before resuming work. This was reported by informants as being very detrimental

So we don't exactly know how much time it took participants to get back to a focused state on their task, we just know the time they were away from it.