Sustained Attention Is The New Ivy League Advantage

Attention spans are shrinking in a scrolling culture. What art history, neuroscience, and college admissions reveal about ...
Psychology Today

Understanding Sustained Attention as an Executive Function

Sustained attention is a crucial executive function skill, and it is the first topic we will explore in this series on ADHD and executive function skills. Executive function skills are brain-based ...
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Understanding Attention and ADHD: Why Sustained Focus Feels Impossible

If you’ve ever struggled to pay attention, even on tasks you care about, you’re not alone—and if you’re living with ADHD, this challenge can feel nearly constant. ADHD doesn’t just make it hard to ...
The Conversation

Eight seconds and dropping? How to make the most of short attention spans

Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration ...