NEW YORK — Exploring the anatomy of attention, researchers have discovered that middle-aged people are more readily driven to distraction by interruptions because of age-related changes in how their ...

We live in an era of distraction. Teachers, researchers, and productivity experts love to remind us of our inability to stay focused. Technology seems to be “eroding human memory,” “creating ...

Your mind is becoming more vulnerable by the day. With each emerging technology from AirPods to iPads, your ability to focus is quickly slipping away. Immersing ourselves in any type of long-form work ...

The mind is all we have to experience our world; it is the filter for everything we perceive and do. Its quality ultimately determines that of our lives. Mindfulness meditation, a deliberate form of ...

During diStraction’s first video intermission, we are warmly introduced to a side of diSiac that few of us have ever seen. There’s no gyrating, popping or spinning; it’s just a modestly angled ...

Our lives are full of distractions. These distractions may be internal, external or a combination of both. External distractions include sounds, physical sensations or sights, such as seeing a person ...

ST. LOUIS - Many people worry if memory lapses — such as forgetting the name of someone they just met or where they left their keys — signal impending dementia. The answer is no, experts say.

We are often distracted. When using a computer, most people have several browsers or windows open simultaneously, and it is estimated that we check our phones about every seven minutes. Sometimes ...

Having played a lot of Tetrinet, I can attest to this. I even started dreaming Tetris at night. But an even easier way to lose all sense of time is to just play Civilization. That has caused years of ...

There is a deep uneasiness striking the very pit of my stomach this week. It’s generated by the charges filed against La Cañada High math teacher Gabrielle Leko, who may or may not have said egregious ...