It’s no secret that our attention span is shrinking, as is our ability to ward off distractions. A study by Harvard University psychologists found that people spend nearly 47% of their day thinking ...

Staying focused in a world of nonstop work emails and social media notifications is a never-ending challenge. As much as we talk about the importance (and difficulty) of sustained, deep focus, there ...

Scientists say they each have "unique clinical-neural profiles".

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prince Ghuman covers neuroscience-based marketing strategy & tactics. In a world where distractions are endless and patience is in ...

Kamil can focus on things that are interesting to him, such as playing a game online. Often, when he is engaged in a class, his flow of thought gets interrupted by the bell and he goes to his next ...

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...

Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration ...