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Re:The Empathy Gap in Tech: Interview with a Software Engineer by fouc on Sunday January 07, 2018 @08:02AM (#16090726)
Almost sounds like the neurons dedicated for auditory processing have been temporarily allocated towards the visual/logical tasks, hence the delay in switching back ;)
Re:The Empathy Gap in Tech: Interview with a Software Engineer by danieltillett on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:29PM (#16092853)
Yes that is my hypothesis as well. I have always been able to effectively shutdown my auditory processing when I am concentrating intensely on something (I was notorious in my family for having to be yelled at to get my attention when reading).