How attentive are you? One way to check is to run this little thought experiment: Sit quietly in a chair, with a second-hand watch or clock nearby, close your eyes, and check to see how long you can ...

With so much going on these days, it’s no surprise that many of us frequently feel distracted. We get constant notifications on our phones and computers, have an endless array of TV shows waiting for ...

Seemingly everyone is concerned about concentration these days. Margaret Sibley, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, specializes in ...

It can be difficult trying to focus and get things done daily if you suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

I arrived at M.I.T. in the fall of 2004. I had just turned twenty-two, and was there to pursue a doctorate as part of something called the Theory of Computation group—a band of computer scientists who ...