They found early attention skills were the most consistent predictor of academic success, but that likability also had a modest effect on academic performance. By fifth grade, children with early ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Children with attention problems in early childhood were 40 percent less likely to graduate from high school, says a new study from Duke University that examines how early childhood ...

What is “selective attention” training? “Selective attention” training hones your ability to block out distractions and focus on a specified target. In the study, some volunteers were shown two sets ...

WASHINGTON – Children entering kindergarten with elementary math and reading skills are the most likely to do well in school later, even if they have various social and emotional problems, say ...

Meditation may train the brain to pay close attention, a new study shows. The study comes from researchers including Richard Davidson, PhD, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of ...

We know the human brain is capable of remarkable plasticity. New research suggests that the brain continues developing into adulthood. One of the last regions of the brain to develop is the ...

Sustained attention is a crucial executive function skill, and it is the first topic we will explore in this series on ADHD and executive function skills. Executive function skills are brain-based ...

There is no doubt that “diminished attention” is a correct diagnosis of the intellectual temperament of our age. I see it to a greater degree each year even in the students I teach, who are among the ...

ATTENTION, a Love Story. By Casey Schwartz. Pantheon. 240 pages. $26.95. Wandering the byways of Oxford University one day, Casey Schwartz was struck by the appalling casualness with which she had ...