It’s mid-July and in this particular section of the Northern Hemisphere, it’s hotter than the hinges of Hell with a long stretch of blinding sun and more heat ahead. If you can’t concentrate and you’re feeling distracted and you, uh, can’t concentrate, you may have Summer Brain.
Bill Ward writes about Summer Brain for the Star-Tribune, explaining that while it is well-documented in children — the so-called Summer Slide of out-of-school brain atrophy — adults can suffer from symptoms as well. Diane Amundson tells Ward that there are so many ways to get distracted, between vacation, having kids at home and the great weather. Amundson says: “If you’re lucky enough to have an office window, you need to not look out it.” Because you will start dreaming of getting up from your desk and going outside for a walk and eventually hitchhiking to Mexico and living in a hammock in someone’s yard.
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