By Peter Ramsey

13 Jan 23

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UX Psychology

Cognitive Drift

Summary

The experience of losing attention, or your mind 'wandering'.

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Introduction

People will typically experience Cognitive Drift if more than one second elapses between interacting with technology, and seeing something change on screen.

It's thought that if 10 seconds pass, that user's mind is elsewhere entirely.

(Theorised by Stephen J. Dubner, and Steven Levitt).

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That’s theory, now learn about how to implement this.

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For product builders

  • Impacts of Cognitive Drift
  • Product tips (i.e., what you should do now)
  • Related UX bites for more examples