However, this work proves that there is far more to covert attention than previously thought. Not only have the researchers shown that there are emergent attentional behaviors, they also show that ...

We often hear that we live in an attention economy, where tech companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook present us with an overwhelming amount of irresistible information that steals our attention.

“I am more forgetful these days. Is this normal for old age or am I getting dementia?“ This is one of the most common questions I get asked as a neurologist. There is no easy way to answer this ...

The mobile phone is often blamed for drowning us in information and stealing our attention. But it is rather our inner reward system that our phones and tech companies utilize, shows new research from ...

For decades, stimulant medications have been described as helping people with ADHD "focus better." That explanation has always felt a bit incomplete for many adults who take medication and notice they ...

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 ...