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We Scroll Through 300ft of Newsfeed a Day, And Bad News Gets Most Attention
The average smartphone user is scrolling through 300 feet of news feed a day, the height of the Statue of Liberty, Dr Jay Van Bavel, a professor of psychology and neural science at NYU says.
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When They’re Not Paying Attention, Children Can Learn as Much as Adults
Children’s short attention spans are often framed as a barrier to learning. New research suggests that their limited ability to focus, however, could actually aid in their ability to learn information adults ignore.
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Teaching: What the Nose Knows / Attentional Control
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New Research from Psychological Science
A sample of research on discounting past and future events, episodic recollection, and visual attention.
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How to Tune Out Office Distractions
Multiple mechanisms contribute to our ability to tune out distractions in the workplace.
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A Lost Secret: How To Get Kids To Pay Attention
Fifteen years ago, psychologists Barbara Rogoff and Maricela Correa-Chavez ran a simple experiment. They wanted to see how well kids pay attention — even if they don’t have to. They would bring two kids, between
