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Our attention is collapsing under the weight of digital overload, emotional exhaustion, and a culture built on distraction.

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Figure 1: Normalization model of attention exhibits qualitatively different forms of attentional modulation, depending on stimulus size and attention field size (adapted from ref. 1). Figure 3: ...

It seems like everywhere you look, someone is trying to get your attention. As reported in a Forbes article, experts estimate that we see 4,000 to 10,000 ads a day. And it's not just businesses; even ...

Work life has changed drastically over the past two decades. We have gone from working with single information objects such as typewriters to working with constant digital distractions like emails, ...

With strengthened attention and focus skills, teens become better at persevering, planning for goal achievement, organizing, ...

And the average length of a shot in a movie is now under five seconds. These days, multi-tasking while you're tasking is the norm among young people. Just ask counselor Lauren Barnett and her ...

Our attention spans appear to be in decline, but what role is technology playing in this phenomenon? Studies have shown that people spend only around 47 seconds, on average, focusing on any given ...

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