Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News While researching his new book on attention, author Johann Hari met with one of the world’s leading ...

Pay attention. Is it true our attention spans are becoming, well, less attentive? After all, smartphones, social media, and all the other high tech gizmos seem to enthrall us on a daily basis. Tech ...

On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Author Johann Hari shares how difficult it is for people to focus and pay attention now, how we got here and what can be done about it. He talks with host ...

Researchers at UCLA Health have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup. The findings, ...

Smoking in adolescence contributes to attention problems that persist into adulthood, a new study of identical twins suggests. "Since our results imply that smoking causally increases attention ...

High school students who have trouble paying attention in class are more likely to admit to cheating, a new study shows. High school students who have trouble paying attention in class are more likely ...

Children who struggle with attention and behavior problems tend to end up earning less money, finish fewer years of school and have poorer mental and physical health as adults, compared with children ...

Let's start with some facts: Seventy-percent of people say they have a problem paying attention. The average attention span is eight seconds. After reading this sentence, it’s likely that you’re going ...