Ten years ago, a shocking headline captured the world’s attention: “Human beings now have an attention span shorter than that of a goldfish!” This claim, though horrifying, was totally bogus. The stat ...

We are regularly bombarded with information about a steep drop in attention spans. Based on its own data in 2015, Microsoft reported that the average attention span had dropped from about 12 seconds ...

In a world where there are distractions at every turn, many of us are finding that our attention spans are shorter than ever. But it appears the answer doesn't lie in an expensive new app, or ...

As India debates learning outcomes and skill readiness, a quieter crisis is unfolding in classrooms, students are reading ...

How did Microsoft measure a goldfish’s attention span to be 9 seconds and a human’s to be 8? Well, they didn’t. It turns out the goldfish attention span research is a myth you’ve probably read about – ...

If you feel your attention span has shrunk over the last few years, it probably has. Here’s how to regain your focus. According to researchers, in 2003 our attention spans were generally around 2.5 ...

Gone are the days when reading a book was the preferred means to knowledge, replaced by the rapid consumption of digital media and the allure of screen-based entertainment. This phenomenon is growing ...

We’ve all heard how social media is devastating teen mental health — but a shocking new report confirms it’s robbing pretty much everyone of the ability to focus. The meta-study from Griffith ...

YOUNG people focus attention for hours during a football game that they are passionate about, or while watching a nail-biting cricket match, or when they play video games with their eyes glued to the ...

Discussions on whether the digitization of literature deprives people of the physical experience of reading have taken the literary community by storm. Thousands are left wondering if the introduction ...