Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a neural network model to understand the mechanics of how humans concentrate in complex environments. With this task, participants face ...

(Boston)— The world is full of distractions, like intrusive memories, worries about the future and reminders of things to do. Sustained attention, the ability to maintain focus on a specific stimulus ...

Distractions are everywhere, yet our brains are able to focus while filtering distracting stimuli. However, the neural mechanisms that enable us to respond to target stimuli while ignoring distractor ...

I don't need to convince you that distraction is a problem in today's workplace. Stats like this, however, are woefully incomplete. There's no way we're accomplishing 3.1 hours worth of actual goals ...