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 ...

Cognitive scientists explain what’s driving the precipitous decline in our ability to focus—and offer evidence-based strategies to restore it. Research shows that average attention spans are ...

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.

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 ...

Goldfish are often – and unfairly – maligned for having super-short attention spans. In reality, goldfish have quite impressive brains. They can also grow to be absolutely massive and are competent ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — 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 ...