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As sure as the brain is prone to distraction, it can also return its focus to the task at hand. A new study in animals by scientists at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory of MIT shows how ...

Cognitive psychology doctorate student Haley Bennett, ‘26G, ‘29G, is researching spatial attention to better understand how ...

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Scientists may have new answers to why pop-ups or notifications grab our attention. Turns out our attention is on a cycle, shifting seven to ten times per second. This rhythmic occurrence may be ...

Starting the year with a broken brain? We asked experts how you can get your focus back. By Simar Bajaj It’s no wonder our attention spans are shrinking. When we’re engaged with the world in front of ...

New neurological research reveals that short bursts of cardio trigger "brain ripples" that stabilize information. Discover ...

If you don’t create boundaries and systems that productivity experts call 'focus architecture' to shield against distractions, it will cost you progress. For years, entrepreneur Deepak Tailor felt ...

In a study of mice, scientists discovered that a brain region called the thalamus may be critical for filtering out distractions. The study, published in Nature and partially funded by the National ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...