attention span

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Are smartphones causing a decline in our attention span?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 15 Nov 24

Attention span is the time a person can spent focussing on a task without getting distracted. With the digital technology improving, new gadgets and smartphones in market today, our attention spans seem to be challenged by...

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I get distracted very easily while studying! Any suggestions?

Yogafreak @Curlybobby (370) 15 Apr 16

I just can't study for more than 10 minutes. My mind keeps wandering and I just start browsing the net or start chilling with my friends who stay a couple of rooms away. What could I do to increase my attention span?

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Your Mind is Like a Monkey on Horseback

josefina @josie_ (10033) • Philippines 4 Apr 16

Circus! Circus! An image of a circus ring comes to mind. We see a monkey sitting complacently on horseback, the trainer guiding the horse round and round as they go in circles. But what if the monkey was given free reign of the...

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I find it very hard to sit through an entire movie.

Jenna Newbery @jennanewbery (19) • Adelaide, Australia 9 Mar 16

Does anyone else have trouble with this? I can't sit down and get engrossed in a movie, I have to be doing something else at the same time. I will usually be on my computer, with a movie playing in the background or if it is a...

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Borneo in the background

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 5 Nov 15

It's 9 :30 and even though I have been up since 5:30, I am just now getting on myLot. I have to be quiet, so as not to startle the gibbons. Behind me, voices whisper amid the incessant hum of a zillion insects. Even the...

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Do you think our attention span is decreasing?

Coralie Raia Darsey-Malloy @Perspectives (7131) • Canada 7 Feb 09

The idea for this discussion came out as a direct result of our business development plans the past few months. I attended few seminars for small business owners in our area and there was a common thread in all their...

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Short Attention Span?

Phaedra_Scythe @Phaedra_Scythe (3325) 18 Aug 08

I seem to have the world's shortest attention span and I hate it! I can't sit still and do something for more than five minutes without getting fidgety and distracted. It's really difficult to get anything done! I wonder...

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Why do i lose interest in things so quickly.

littlemissh @littlemissh (235) 27 Sep 07

Is anyone else like me, i seem to have major trouble keeping interest in things for any period of time. For example this site, when i first joined i went hell for leather, but now the novelty has worn off, and even though i still...

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Do you read really long posts?

dreamy1 @dreamy1 (3811) • United States 27 Aug 07

When I'm reading something I might want to respond to if the post is really long I pass it by. I'm usually a patient person but it seems my attention span is getting less and less. I don't have ADHD or anything like that and I can...

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How long has MySpace held your attention?

andreaskye @andreaskye (390) • United States 22 Apr 07

I confess I have the attention span, normally, of a goldfish but MySpace has consistently held my attention now for well over a year if not 2. So basically my question is how long has it held your focus. And I am not talking...

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