My officemate does this as well. What is the reasoning? Does it help you focus on the content? Do you always click on the next word to be read? I'm curious as to what could cause this behavior to emerge.
Primarily, I do it as a means of staving off nerves, and also 'keeping my place' in case I look away. I'm getting contacted constantly and distracted even more constantly, so being able to see a hilight of the line I last read saves me a lot of time fairly often.
If this helps your analysis... If I stop selecting text, I will start to play around with things on my desk. I am not overly caffeinated or full of sugar, and my legs are at rest. It just feels "natural" to be doing something with my hands all day. But this is just my own analysis.
That's what I suspected. For those of us who work with computers for most of our waking hours, our bodies get use to focusing on what we are clicking on. Thanks for your feedback.
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My officemate does this as well. What is the reasoning? Does it help you focus on the content? Do you always click on the next word to be read? I'm curious as to what could cause this behavior to emerge.
Primarily, I do it as a means of staving off nerves, and also 'keeping my place' in case I look away. I'm getting contacted constantly and distracted even more constantly, so being able to see a hilight of the line I last read saves me a lot of time fairly often.
If this helps your analysis... If I stop selecting text, I will start to play around with things on my desk. I am not overly caffeinated or full of sugar, and my legs are at rest. It just feels "natural" to be doing something with my hands all day. But this is just my own analysis.
That's what I suspected. For those of us who work with computers for most of our waking hours, our bodies get use to focusing on what we are clicking on. Thanks for your feedback.
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