Focus is not an all-or-nothing trait. Here's what to know about strengthening your attention span.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Between constant interruptions, shifting priorities and ...

Screens vie for our attention everywhere now, and many of us struggle to keep our minds focused on one task at a time. Research shows that media multitasking, like texting while watching video shorts, ...

The secret to sharper concentration might already be in your kitchen, as these six foods work behind the scenes to enhance cognitive function and mental clarity. In our increasingly distracted world, ...

We are often entertained and spend a high proportion of time on digital social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter(X), and Snapchat, which inform and entertain us with short-form ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The idea that attention spans can "break" has been spreading like ...

Studies show that the average attention span is now only eight seconds. That's about as much time as it takes to read a few sentences before being distracted. A new national survey of 1,000 American ...

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David Adam is a science journalist based near London. A century before social-media bans and advice to disable device notifications, the inventor and science-fiction writer Hugo Gernsback proposed a ...