"We live in an age of lexical abundance. More words, more access, more content than at any time in human history... The reading brain,...

Scrolling through social media demands more attention than we think—and that might be costing us in the gym. A new study shows that...

TikTok isn’t just another social media app—it’s an attention factory. As told in Attention Factory by Matthew Brennan, TikTok thrives by...

In our digital age, attention is often viewed as a commodity to be managed and exploited. However, this perspective misses a deeper...

Attention architects try every trick in the book: they hang up screens with moving images in busy city centers, add flashing banners to...

In an era where disinformation dominates our digital landscape, our ability to focus is more important than ever. Attention acts as a...

Attention isn't just about focusing—it's about how our brains decide what matters. According to Andy Clark's predictive processing...

In The Economics of Attention (2023), George Loewenstein and Zachary Wojtowicz argue that attention is a scarce economic resource, as...

Research shows that where athletes direct their attention can be the difference between winning gold or missing the podium entirely....

The first step is understanding how to access our innate power to choose our response to a given situation. In particular, we must...

In this digital age, the news we’re being fed is only getting more extreme. In the old days, journalists didn’t know much about their...

"If there is one powerful thing that self-actualizing people have learned to do, it’s to control where they place their attention. They...

In today's digital age, attention health is crucial. Our brains are wired to seek novel stimuli, but constant digital distractions can...

In our hyperconnected world of endless notifications and digital distractions, Simone Weil's words ring truer than ever: "Attention is...

"In 1971, Herbert Simon, a professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie Mellon, made a prescient prediction. “In an...

In a fascinating New Yorker piece, Nathan Heller explores our modern attention crisis through multiple lenses. From advertisers measuring...

Bats can distinguish two grades of sandpaper whose grains differ by half a millimeter, but will also plow headlong into a newly installed...

If you had a job that involved lifting heavy objects, there would likely be legal guidelines for your employer to follow to ensure your...

Richtel's 2010 warnings about digital fragmentation have proven prophetic. Constant digital stimulation has indeed rewired human...

Distractions are often ways we try to escape discomfort—whether physical, emotional, or existential. The mind, influenced by these...