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Re:Are interruptions worse for programmers than for other kn... by astrodust on Saturday May 05, 2018 @11:53AM (#17002310)
Maybe you've boiled it down to "creating" versus "performing", where performances are done by reflex, by habit, by routine, while the creation process takes considerably more attention.
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Re:Are interruptions worse for programmers than for other kn... by PrunJuice on Saturday May 05, 2018 @01:28PM (#17002745)
Reminds me of social facilitation theory.

In particular "habitual" responses being improved by having an audience and non-habitual responses being hindered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_facilitation#Attention_...

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