A new systematic review of 34 studies reveals that while AI models can predict vigilance decrements in air traffic ...

AI is overwhelming security teams with the same attention problem aviation solved decades ago. So, what should stop the dangerous actions? An air traffic controller watching a busy scope will, sooner ...

When you feel pain or an itch, you might try to ignore it. But a fascinating new study has found that this may actually make your inflammation worse in certain situations. The study, published in the ...

'Human concentration is limited to 90 minutes' 'The brain has a 90-minute cycle, so you should rest for 20 minutes after working for 90 minutes' These are explanations often seen in articles about ...

Why can a radar operator miss an obvious blip after two hours on shift, but catch it easily in the first ten minutes? The problem isn't their eyesight, it's how alertness itself behaves over time. We ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Can't seem to concentrate? This is the article for you! Here's how to build deeper focus and stick with it. This feature is part of Reader’s Digest’s August/September 2026 print cover story, “The New ...

A century before social-media bans and advice to disable device notifications, the inventor and science-fiction writer Hugo Gernsback proposed a more extreme way to avoid distraction: an isolating ...

Last year, I took a drastic step to protect my attention: I cut off my home internet service. I already refuse to get a smartphone and have long paid for an app to block internet access on my laptop ...

If you’re just a few words into this story, but already feeling the urge to click or swipe or begin some other activity altogether, I won’t take it personally. Attention spans among humans have ...

You are likely reading this story on a screen. I have 47 seconds of your focus before you are likely distracted by something else, according to research on the average attention span. Let’s make the ...