Measuring attention remains a concern in many settings. Some work tasks are not very error tolerant. Here are a series of sample tests to measure attention in ...

In a world where we are constantly bombarded with short-form content, text messages and emails that pull our attention away from the task at hand, it is little wonder attention spans are shrinking.

"That curiosity led to the central idea—using in-ear muscle contractions to detect auditory attention," said Takawale, the lead author on a study describing the system that could stand in for the ...

Can we develop a brain test for detecting ADHD? Source: Image by A Danvers Several years ago, I was sitting around with some friends talking about our (occasional) difficulties paying attention. This ...

In a world inundated with a constant stream of new information—notifications, ads, emails, news—we often struggle to prevent our attention from being constantly hijacked by external events. But is it ...