Originally published at: People are better at paying attention now than 30 years ago, study shows | Boing Boing
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Important to note that the ability to pay attention to a task (i.e. the ability to focus) is not the same thing as having a long attention span.
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Wut?
I call-- . . .
Wait, what’s this post about again?
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I dunno… I was looking at my phone…
What?
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It’s also not the same thing as comprehension and problem solving.
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My attention span is much lower than it was 30 years ago. For sure. Simarillion is no longer on bucket list.
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Finding letters? Just means people are playing more candy crush
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NEWS FLASH: people better at playing video games than thirty years ago — and worse at everything else
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Damn, that’s so close to how Mom interacted with her phone. They had an …adversarial… relationship.
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Studies with different results?
I’d wait to see who wins, but…
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As a middle school teacher, I have been seeing the opposite.
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As a teacher too, I feel this.
With data covering 1990-2021, I can’t imagine that the meta-analysis really captures any changes rooted in the pandemic.
EDIT: oh also, it’s testing adults! They also tested children and did not find the same gains, so kids’ attention has not increased.
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… and has nothing to do with IQ, either
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I totally agree: I may have become more attentive towards instant stimuli (which have considerably grown. Swipe, swipe), but holding focus degraded, i feel - for example when I want to read an educative book.
If carried out as described it seems like an inferior study to measure the qualitiy of attention.
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I’m better at paying attention … to all the wrong things.
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Gonna guess this has to do with the removal of leaded gasoline.
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I guess this article was posted a few days ago, but I’m only noticing it now. . . .
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