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Concentration hampers simple tasks

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Brain images show thinking about learning makes it more difficult.

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  1. Cerebral Cortex Advance Access, published on November 10, 2004; doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhh201 (2004).

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Khamsi, R. Concentration hampers simple tasks. Nature (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/news041122-14

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