In a world where we are constantly bombarded with short-form content, text messages and emails that pull our attention away from the task at hand, it is little wonder attention spans are shrinking.

Attention is in short supply. But don't fret. If you're wondering about how to increase your attention span, you're not alone. As we lose our ability to maintain concentration, remedies for repairing ...

Attention spans are widely misapplied, misused, and misunderstood. The classic attention span research established that college students could pay attention for about 21-22 minutes. At minute 22, ...

Learn how to improve a dwindling attention span by doing simple things like drinking berry smoothies to taking a nature walk. Not long ago, there were reports comparing human attention spans ...

Having trouble focusing on your New Year’s resolutions? You’re not alone – people are more distracted than ever, says Gloria Mark, professor emerita of informatics at UC Irvine. In fact, most people ...

As people scroll on social media more and read books less, their ability to focus is weakening, says attention-span researcher Gloria Mark. Some of her earliest research, published in April 2004, ...

For the past decade, we have been adapting our attention spans to changes in news media. But the future might hold the converse— the news media adapts to us. How will this impact the future of news? A ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- CNN has reported on the decline of attention spans, finding that the average attention on a single screen has gone down from 2.5 minutes in 2004 to 47 seconds in 2025. This ...