Seventy-seven percent of 18- to 24-year-olds responded “yes” when asked if the following statement was true for them: “When nothing is occupying my attention, the first thing I do is reach for my phone.” Only 10 percent of people over 65 said the same thing.Īdditionally, more than half of the 18-24 group said they checked their phones at least every 30 minutes. Young people were most likely to demonstrate addiction-like behaviors when it came to digital technology. Either way, eight seconds feels like a stunningly short attention span, especially given the 33 percent decrease in just 15 years.Ģ. Measuring the attention span of animals is sort of tricky stuff though … so it’s possible we still have them beat. Apparently, a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds. The decrease was found across genders and all age groups. The average human attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds, and now it’s just eight. The average attention span has fallen to just eight seconds. Scientists also watched over 100 participants play games and interact online while recording their brain activity. This was a good-sized study, with data collected from surveys of more than 2,000 Canadian residents over the age of 18. They found some pretty significant changes compared with research conducted 15 years ago. Last week, Microsoft released a study that sought to analyze the impact that technology – cellphones and social media specifically – is having on our attention span and the quality of our focus.
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