If you feel your attention span has shrunk over the last few years, it probably has. Here’s how to regain your focus. According to researchers, in 2003 our attention spans were generally around 2.5 ...

Improving your attention span requires more than quick fixes or temporary solutions. It involves addressing the underlying causes of distraction and building sustainable habits that promote focus. By ...

How attentive are you? One way to check is to run this little thought experiment: Sit quietly in a chair, with a second-hand watch or clock nearby, close your eyes, and check to see how long you can ...

Malaka Gharib is the digital editor of the NPR podcast Life Kit. Previously, she was the deputy editor and digital strategist on NPR's global health and development team, where she covered topics such ...

In recent years, there’s been a lot of conversation around how self-care is a way women can recharge. But what if we shifted our attention to how to use focus as a form of self-care? Dr. Zelana ...

Have you ever dropped your phone? Maybe you weren’t paying attention to what you were doing or were excited to show a friend a photo. Suddenly, the phone slipped from your fingers and headed towards ...

For the past two years, a group of friends and I have gathered each Wednesday to discuss our progress on a famously grueling book, beginning with Infinite Jest and The Power Broker and continuing with ...

What if every day you had an attention budget? Would you spend it carelessly or use it with purpose? When people first start practicing mindfulness, they often realize how distractible, random, ...

Maintaining your focus in a world riddled with distractions is tricky but possible. If you feel like your attention span is shrinking, you’re not alone. And you’re definitely not imagining it.

Researchers say that the average person can no longer focus on a single task for even a minute. A new book called The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource. Author, ...

Twenty years ago, Chuck Palahniuk published the short story “Guts,” in which he challenged readers to hold their breaths for the duration of the time it took to read it. Now, I feel like I can’t even ...

Even without retreating to the desert, we can train our wandering minds with ancient monastic wisdom. “The question of focus,” argues Benedictine historian Columba Stewart, “is the single most ...