Can a fitness program for your brain improve thinking and concentration the way lifting weights can increase muscle strength? Early results from a new study suggest that attention training can change ...

A brief course on how to pay attention boosts children’s scores on either intelligence or attention tests, depending on their age, a new study finds. The training may quicken normal brain development, ...

Being able to voluntarily regulate our attention is crucial for mental processes such as intelligence and learning in children. With this in mind, researchers have carried out a study in which they ...

Attention plays a critical role in nearly every academic choice you make. It will determine what you think, what emotions you feel, and what behaviors you engage in. It will affect your motivation as ...

Last month, a student emailed me to explain that because of various stressful circumstances, he was struggling to focus and to complete his coursework. I wrote back to grant an extension, to direct ...

For those who constantly worry about imagined catastrophes or freak out around others, here’s an attention-grabber. A few brief training sessions offer as much anxiety relief as psychotherapy or ...

Attention training in young people with autism can lead to significant improvements in academic performance, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK along with ...

Opinion: there are several companies offering programmes to enhance children's attention, but there's little evidence supporting these claims The ability to pay attention is fundamental for learning ...

Being able to vountarily regulate our attention is crucial for mental processes such as intelligence and learning in children. Therefore, a group of researchers from the University of Granada, Spain ...