When a “stray” thought arises, the practitioner must be quick to recognize it, and then turn back to the focus of their attention. And it doesn’t just have to be the breath; any single ...

The two dimensions work together to form four attention quadrants. If you’re highly engaged and challenged, you have focused attention. If you’re highly engaged but not challenged, you’re ...

Providing space in our lives for present-focused attention can help us see more about ourselves and the world around us. Source: S Migaj/Unsplash An interesting function of our brains involves how ...

When it comes to measuring attention, it can seem that all eyes are on eye tracking. But this narrow focus can be short-sighted, argues Adludio’s Ian Liddicoat. / Adobe Stock When professor ...

LATE IN JANUARY Shen Yinjing, a therapist in Shanghai, volunteered to help distressed people in the coronavirus-stricken city of Wuhan by offering counselling over the phone or by text. Before ...

Are computers impacting our attention spans? Over two decades of research, the answer has been an overwhelming “yes.” The digital age is impacting our ability to stay focused.

Attention is often defined by what it excludes: To focus on one thing means ignoring another. Attention can also be a state more than a deliberate action, a “relaxed distribution of focus,” as ...