Source: Kevin Mcspadden:
You Now Have A Shorter Attention Span Than A Goldfish! TIME …
The average attention span for the notoriously ill-focused goldfish is nine seconds, but according to a new study from Microsoft Corp., people now generally lose concentration after eight seconds, highlighting the affects of an increasingly digitalized lifestyle on the brain.
Researchers in Canada surveyed 2,000 participants and studied the brain activity of 112 others using electroencephalograms (EEGs). Microsoft found that since the year 2000 (or about when the mobile revolution began) the average attention span dropped from 12 seconds to eight seconds.
“Heavy multi-screeners find it difficult to filter out irrelevant stimuli — they’re more easily distracted by multiple streams of media,” the report read.
On the positive side, the report says our ability to multitask has drastically improved in the mobile age.
Microsoft theorized that the changes were a result of the brain’s ability to adapt and change itself over time and a weaker attention span may be a side effect of evolving to a mobile Internet.
The survey also confirmed generational differences for mobile use; for example, 77% of people aged 18 to 24 responded “yes” when asked, “When nothing is occupying my attention, the first thing I do is reach for my phone,” compared with only 10% of those over the age of 65.
WOW! Yes! Lol! I suspected so.
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Huh!?
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As we skim an scan
deep thought is lost
with the spam 📴🤔
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Yes! Very clever poem there! And the average attention span is lowering as we post.
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Say it ain’t so!😱….what did you say?
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👇🏼must have been multitasking👇🏼
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I say it’s so! Except for multitasking which just ain’t so!
You see, it’s actually less efficient to multitask cause you have to come back to where you left off which slows you down you know!
See the studies if you disagree you see!
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Dad this is so true what you wrote!!! I love the picture of Sebe with the phone too!! 🙂
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I’d like to read a goldfish’s blog but
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