After a summer of looser routines, your focus may just be out of practice. Experts share how to ease back in.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attention span of a goldfish? Concentration has been eroded in the past 20 years (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Ten years ago, a ...

As a very busy college student, especially during back to school season, I’ve noticed that the way I consume media has changed. Between classes, assignments, studying, and work, I have less time to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A century before social-media bans and advice to disable device notifications, the inventor and science-fiction writer Hugo ...

Attention spans have systematically shrunk across time. This is reflected in changes in how we consume media. In 1986, song intros for Billboard’s Top 100 averaged at 23 seconds before vocals began.

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

Be honest: Your attention span is shot nowadays, right? A steady diet of Netflix bingeing and social media doomscrolling has made most of us unable to lock in for as long as we used to. In fact, some ...

We live in a world of distraction. In the time it took me to write this sentence, I got a new email alert on my computer, two new DMs, and an alert on my phone that my Duolingo streak is in jeopardy.

A century before social-media bans and advice to disable device notifications, the inventor and science-fiction writer Hugo Gernsback proposed a more extreme way to avoid distraction: an isolating ...

A couple Tuesdays ago, I crossed the few blocks from IH HQ to MoMA with the grim gait of someone who regrets signing up for the marathon. You could also picture an 11th grader about to sit his first ...

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 ...