The problem with measuring attention spans is that psychologists don’t agree on what attention is. Is it the ability to focus on something without distraction? Is it the ability to complete a ...

It was awesome being caught up in the moment. But it brought something else into sharp relief - how terrible my attention span is for the rest of the week. I’m not a huge fan of New Years ...

However, Microsoft came out with a new study claiming the average person’s attention span is around eight seconds. We are exposed to more ads than ever before, and our attention spans are shorter than ...

You have probably heard that the attention spans of Americans are declining. But is that really true? Researchers who measure attention look at things like the average amount of time people spend ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. You have probably heard that the attention spans of Americans are declining. But is that really true? Researchers who measure ...

When people outside India think of Indians, I’m pretty sure they usually think of us as calm, rational, peaceful vegetarians who have a deep respect for our land and all beings that roam upon it.

Cognitive training has been shown to improve attention with specific programs and populations. However, a large-scale analysis of over 60,000 individuals indicates that cognitive training ...

All of these companies seek to monetize your attention through advertising in one way or another. As the numbers above show, it's a highly lucrative business model at scale. The attention economy ...

And while it may not be true that our attention spans are shorter than that of a goldfish, it’s definitely true that they’re getting shorter. With the domination of short-form content and our ...