Friday, 7 July 2023 On Monday RIN seminar prof. dr. Daniel le Roux from the University Stellenbosch in South Africa

On Monday, June 19th, as part of the Monday RIN seminar, a lecture by visiting professor Daniel Le Roux from Stellenbosch University, South Africa was given. The professor hosted by Assoc. Prof. Matjaž Kljun from the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies UP FAMNIT within the Erasmus+ programme until 23 June. 

Dr. Daniel le Roux is head of the Cognition and Technology Research Group at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He studies various dimensions of the interaction between humans and technology with emphasis on the cognitive and behavioural processes by which humans, both individually and collectively, adopt and adapt to technologies, and how this impacts their performance and well-being. 

Within the Monday RIN seminar titled: "Digital Distraction, Online Vigilance and the Goldfish Hypothesis: Making Sense of the Impacts of Technology on Attention" the lecturer emphasized a media ecology, which is characterized by the omnipresence of mobile computing devices that offer a rapidly expanding range of gratifying online experiences. In addition, some of the studies also suggests that our behaviour with technology may lead to the shortening of our attention spans, which was also through empirical evidence presented by professors where he exposed both the short and long-term effects of digital technology use on cognitive control.