Young drivers say it’s “almost impossible” for them to concentrate on driving and road conditions without listening to music while on the road.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Young and Restless, Old and Focused: Age-Differences in Mind-Wandering
Older adults can be more focused, less mentally restless, and not as impeded by anxiety than those in younger generations.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Where Do Our Minds Wander? Brain Waves Can Point the Way
Increased alpha waves in the prefrontal cortex and decreased P3 activity in the parietal cortex are potential neural biomarkers for breaks in our attention span.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drinking Blocks a Chemical That Promotes Attention
Study sheds light on the brain chemistry involved in attention loss when a person drinks alcohol.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Specific Brain Region and Circuits Controlling Attention Identified
Study identifies a key role locus coeruleus neurons play in attentional control.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Link Poor Memory to Attention Lapses and Media Multitasking
A new study reveals a correlation between multimedia multitasking, memory loss, and difficulties in maintaining attention.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Musical Training Can Improve Attention and Working Memory in Children
Children who learn to play musical instruments have an edge over their non-musical peers when it comes to learning, memory, and attention. Those who learn musical instruments showed greater activity in the inferior frontal gyrus and the supramarginal g…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How the Human Brain Is So Resilient
Non-invasive brain stimulation technology may enhance the human system’s ability for rapid and adaptive decision making.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Exercise Improves Learning and Memory in Young Adults
Aerobic exercise for up to one hour at moderate to high intensity improves memory, attention, and learning for up to two hours.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Paying Attention to the Neurons Behind Our Alertness
Researchers identify three populations of neurons in layer 6 of the cortex that contribute to alertness.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Toddlers Who Use Touchscreens Show Attention Differences
Toddlers who frequently use touchscreen technology may have an edge over their peers who are not routinely exposed to the technology when it comes to visual search abilities.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: An Averted Glance Gives a Glimpse of the Mind Behind the Eyes
In socially awkward situations when a person is caught staring and averts their eyes, a third-party observer does not reflexively follow their gaze. The brain tells the observer there is no significance to the location where the embarrassed person has …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Experiencing Childhood Trauma Makes Body and Brain Age Faster
Children who experience early life adversity experience faster biological aging than children with no history of exposure to abuse. Trauma was associated with biological aging in early puberty, cellular aging, and alterations in brain structure. The fi…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Energy Demands Limit Our Brains’ Information Processing Capacity
Paying attention alters how the brain allocates its limited energy. As the brain uses more energy to process information we attend to, the less energy is supplied to processing outside our field of attention.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How the Brain Focuses While Ignoring Disractions
Mouse study pinpoints the precise location in the brain where distracting stimuli are blocked, allowing for concentration on specific tasks. The findings could have implications for the treatment of ADHD and schizophrenia.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Our Animal Inheritance: Humans Perk Up Ears When They Hear Interesting Sounds
It is well documented that animals perk up their ears when they hear a noise that captures their attention. A new study reveals humans also do the same. Researchers demonstrated humans make small, unconscious movements of their ears directed toward a s…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Does ‘mommy brain’ last? Study shows motherhood does not diminish attention
Researchers scrutinize the long-held perception that new mothers are more forgetful and less attentive. Mothers, they found, have similar alerting and orienting attention, and better executive control attention compared to women without children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The relationship between looking and listening and human emotions
A new study reveals the relationship between attentional state and emotions from pupillary reactions. Visual perception elicits emotions in all attentional state, while auditory perception elicits emotions only when attention is paid to sounds.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: What we can’t see can help us find things
To spot a missing item, people are 20% faster at locating what they are looking for if they factor in latent physical traits, like hardness or softness.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Our ability to focus may falter after eating one meal high in saturated fat
Women who ate a meal high in saturated fats performed worse on attention-based tests than women eating healthier meals. The findings reveal a potential link between high-fat diets and poor attention skills. Additionally, those with a condition called l…
