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194. Are our attention spans getting shorter?

2024/5/10
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主持人：本期节目讨论了人们注意力持续时间缩短的现象，许多人难以集中注意力，这影响了工作、学习和人际交往。这一现象在疫情后尤为明显，可能与人们沉迷于短视频等内容有关。研究表明，平均注意力持续时间已缩短至约47秒，但这与任务的参与度有关。全职工作，尤其是远程工作，会增加分心的机会，导致注意力下降。许多人报告说他们的注意力持续时间在COVID-19疫情后下降了，这与羞愧感、无力感和手机对情绪状态的影响有关；注意力持续时间的下降也可能与ADHD有关，但并非所有注意力问题都是ADHD。智能手机和平板电脑等设备的设计旨在吸引注意力，导致注意力持续时间缩短，这并非完全是个人责任，也与媒体公司利用人们大脑对新奇和社会联系的渴望有关。压力过大、过度刺激和工作环境的变化也可能导致注意力持续时间缩短。可以通过识别最佳专注时间、选择高专注度任务、设置社交媒体使用限制等方法来改善注意力持续时间。

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So many of us are struggling to stay focused and concentrate in an environment of constant distraction and temptation and it's causing a lot of us to feel unproductive and undisciplined. In today's episode we break down why our attention spans seem to be rapidly declining, we discuss: 

  • The Gold Fish myth
  • The average attention span from 2004-2017 
  • The impact of short form content
  • The impact of COVID lockdowns
  • Overstimulation and rising ADHD diagnoses 
  • Attentional cycles and our circadian rhythm 
  • Tips for regaining your focus + social media rules

 

Listen now to reclaim your focus and concentration and reverse your declining attention span. 

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