Contact Us | Privacy Statement       Lucy Jo Palladino in the Media Psychologist and attention expert, Dr. Lucy Jo Palladino has been on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including CNN and National Public Radio. She was the resident psychologist for The Morning Show on KFMB-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Diego, CA. She’s been in • Men’s Health • Family Circle • Web MD • Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and San Diego Union-Tribune Find Your Focus Zone, Her Newest Book Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD is the author of Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat Distraction and Overload (Free Press, 2007). Its core concept – your focus zone – is timely and easy to convey in a brief interview. Drawing on thirty years of practice, Dr. Palladino addresses worrisome questions on the minds of people everywhere: • How can I keep up? • Is multitasking good or bad? • Can I improve my attention? • Can I improve my child’s attention? • What are we doing to our brains? In Find Your Focus Zone, Dr. Palladino deals with relevant, high-interest topics such as • FOMO – the fear of missing out • DWT – driving while texting • Crackberry dependence and workaholism • Overcoming procrastination and digital-age temptations • Teens, video gaming, and on-line networking like MySpace • Misunderstandings that arise from email, and from the use of cell phones and iPods when others are present She gives practical, ready-to-use tips to • Manage multitasking and divided attention • Tune out distraction • Stop overloading your brain • Refocus after interruptions • Use mental filters when you’re on the Internet For parents, she offers five essential steps to teach kids how to pay attention. A Leading Authority in Attention Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD is a • licensed psychologist • recipient of a federal research grant from the National Institutes of Health • former clinical faculty member at the University of Arizona Medical School She is a long-standing member of the • American Psychological Association • Phi Beta Kappa • National Health Register Dr. Palladino also wrote the award-winning book, Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who is Bright, Bored, and Having Problems in School (formerly titled The Edison Trait). Schedule an Interview To contact Lucy Jo Palladino, call 760-632-0953 or send Dr. Palladino an email. To contact Kate Jay, publicist for Find Your Focus Zone at Free Press, Simon & Schuster, call 212-698-7528 or send Kate Jay an email. Back to top
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