In a world where there are distractions at every turn, many of us are finding that our attention spans are shorter than ever. But it appears the answer doesn't lie in an expensive new app, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attention span of a goldfish? Concentration has been eroded in the past 20 years (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Ten years ago, a ...

Feel like you can’t focus? Like you’ll never finish a book again? Like the only way to keep your mind and hands busy is to scroll on social media for hours? You’re far from alone. One body of ...

Be honest: Your attention span is shot nowadays, right? A steady diet of Netflix bingeing and social media doomscrolling has made most of us unable to lock in for as long as we used to. In fact, some ...

Goldfish are often – and unfairly – maligned for having super-short attention spans. In reality, goldfish have quite impressive brains. They can also grow to be absolutely massive and are competent ...

As people scroll on social media more and read books less, their ability to focus is weakening, says attention-span researcher Gloria Mark. Some of her earliest research, published in April 2004, ...

Kids have never exactly been famed for their attention spans, but the situation is only getting worse. Experts believe that childhood attention has been all but non-existent since the pandemic years.