In recent years, several studies have found that popular songs have been steadily decreasing in length since the 1990s, a trend spurred on in the past decade by the rise of streaming services and ...

Attention is in short supply. But don’t fret. If you’re wondering about how to increase your attention span, you’re not alone. As we lose our ability to maintain concentration, remedies for repairing ...

Technological advances of the digital era have forever changed how we listen to music. The ability to quickly shuffle or fast forward to the next song while listening to Spotify, Pandora, or other ...

If our attention spans are shrinking due to social media and information overload, no one told music fans. Rock history is filled with epic songs working against the idea of bite-sized singles to help ...

In the early 2000s, Gloria Mark noticed she was having trouble paying attention to any single screen. Anecdotally, she knew others were feeling the same way. As a psychologist and scientist, she ...

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The idea that attention spans can "break" has been spreading like wildfire across TikTok, podcasts and think pieces—framing focus as something fragile, like glass. But experts say the reality is more ...