I replaced my compulsive scrolling with these apps — and my attention span actually recovered

This is the story of how I fixed my attention span ...

Attention Control Is The Most Important Skill In The Age Of AI

Plenty of AI-powered media companies are eager to claim your attention. With intention, we can use AI without surrendering ...
Santa Clara University

Attention Must Be Paid

Mind the Gap messaging. Words reshuffled. Photo: "Mind/the/gap" by futureshape is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Irina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center ...
CBS News

Are attention spans getting shorter (and does it matter)?

And the average length of a shot in a movie is now under five seconds. These days, multi-tasking while you're tasking is the norm among young people. Just ask counselor Lauren Barnett and her ...
Orlando Sentinel

Our attention span is shorter than a goldfish’s. Here’s what we can do about it | Commentary

There are so many crises that make the news, all of which are digested in bite-size morsels: political divisiveness, crime and policing, race relations, environmentalism, and the list goes on. What’s ...
Forbes

Paying Attention: How To Focus On What's Important

Let's face it: Even as business leaders, we can’t pay attention to everything at once. Doing so would be overwhelming. So, we filter things out. It’s the way we function in the world. We operate on ...
Medical Xpress

Why attention spans seem to be shrinking and what we can do about it

No, the average human attention span is not shorter than a goldfish's. But research suggests the average attention span may be decreasing, and that may be problematic, says Northeastern University ...
Newsweek

Our Attention Spans Are Declining, and Technology Is Not Solely To Blame

Our attention spans appear to be in decline, but what role is technology playing in this phenomenon? Studies have shown that people spend only around 47 seconds, on average, focusing on any given ...