Could quiet hours make us smarter?
Sholeh Patrick
“Noise” so pervades modern life that it’s become inescapable. We hardly know what it’s like anymore without a cacophony of noise, chatter, and moving images — often competing with one another. Every store, restaurant, home and more offices now have music and screens going constantly. We can hardly hear ourselves think, let alone listen to conversation or concentrate without that barrage of shifting sight and sound.
It’s. So. Stressful.
While most (especially younger generations raised with it) are inured to this, others, due to age-related changes, mental or physical differences, a heightened sense awareness or just plain overload, fight a real battle coming down from the aftereffects of these sensory war zones.
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