Balance and Coordination Activities Supporting Attention and Focus This article provides helpful balance and coordination activities needed for better attention and focus in the classroom. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and academic center. As a reminder, ILS is not a health care provider and none of our materials or services provide a diagnosis… The post Balance and Coordination Activities Supporting Attention and Focus appeared first on Integrated Learning Strategies.| Integrated Learning Strategies
Classroom Modifications to Help Students with Attention and Focus This article provides helpful classroom modifications for children that struggle with attention issues in the classroom. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and academic center. As a reminder, ILS is not a health care provider and none of our materials or services provide a diagnosis… The post Classroom Modifications to Help Students with Attention and Focus appeared first on Integrated Learning Strategies.| Integrated Learning Strategies
each of these subsystems update what they are reacting to at a different rate. Your visual cortex can cohere in less than half a second. A stress hormone like cortisol, on the other hand, has a half-life of 60–90 minutes and so can take up to 6 hours to fully clear out after the onset of an acute stressor. This means that if we switch what we pay attention to more often than, say, every 30 minutes, our system will be more or less decohered—different parts will be “attending to” differ...| Josh Beckman
We are regularly bombarded with information about a steep drop in attention spans. The post Eight Seconds And Dropping? Why Short Attention Spans May Be More About Motivation appeared first on Study Finds.| Study Finds
By keeping things fun, interesting, and consistent for youngsters, we can make mindfulness a lasting part of our children's lives. The post Solving the Attention Crisis Through Mindfulness appeared first on Centre for Mindfulness Studies.| Centre for Mindfulness Studies
Barking is a natural dog behavior, but excessive barking is a nuisance. Learn to curb your dog's barking and teach them better ways to behave.| American Kennel Club
Explore how monotropism shapes Autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD attention. Dispelling myths, uncovering research and exploring why neuroaffirming support matters for our wellbeing.| Autistic Realms
I was recently asked by my local U3A (University of the 3rd Age) philosophy group to do a presentation for them. Actually I was asked in 2022, but personal circumstances prevented me from doi…| Jenny Connected
Before the advent of AI, scene-level contextual advertising was largely impractical. Implementing it required labor-intensive manual review to interpret dialogue, context, language and tone, often leading to misjudgments. The post How AI Is Redefining Contextual Ad Placement In Media appeared first on AdMonsters.| AdMonsters
We discuss the meaning of weighted-orthogonality of function bases in feature engineering, and the relationship between the weight function and the feature distribution.| Alex Shtoff
Before the advent of AI, scene-level contextual advertising was largely impractical. Implementing it required labor-intensive manual review to interpret dialogue, context, language and tone, often leading to misjudgments. The post How AI Is Redefining Contextual Ad Placement In Media appeared first on AdMonsters.| AdMonsters
Reading Time: 8minutesAttention spans have declined dramatically due to digital environments designed to capture our attention through dopaminergic rewards. The post Attention Decreased: How Technology Affects Our Ability to Concentrate appeared first on Observatory - Institute for the Future of Education.| Observatory – Institute for the Future of Education
Book review Amplify Your Influence: Transform How You Communicate and Lead “We all have ideas to share with the world,” writes René Rodriguez. Leaders, speakers, presenters, teachers and marketers need a playbook to maximize their influence. Amplify Your Audience: Transform How You Communicate and Lead is a new book that’s a worthwhile read for leaders, … Continue reading "What presenters need to know about audiences" The post What presenters need to know about audiences appeared...| Crystal Clear Communications
Here's the science behind the viral engaging split-screen format of reels and shorts that use visual ASMR.| Cognition Today
Discover the neuroscience behind intuition and insight—and how letting go can lead to your most creative ideas.| The Aesthetics of Joy
“Consciousness will whip up whatever we wish to experience and will present it to us in a way that is convincing and believable.”—David Bingham While I’m slower than a speeding bullet and unable to leap tall buildings with a single bound, I do happen to possess an impressive superpower. This rock-em, sock-em superpower has the […]| Pam Grout
I’ve noticed that psychedelic medicine has been on the rise in California and other parts of the U.S. over the last few years, and have heard reports from a handful of friends and acquaintances about the incredible results they’ve had from ketamine, MDMA, and psilocybin. In our new home of Valle de Bravo, Mexico, I’ve... The post Mushroom Trip: My First Experience with Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy appeared first on Forte Labs.| Forte Labs
New Institutional Impact Grant of $789,618 will fund the Educating for the Virtues of Attention (EVA) project from 2025 to 2028.| College of Arts and Sciences
There are untold thousands of memoirs based on lies. So why did this one catch such widespread attention?| One Man & His Blog
I've been on a rabbit hole to learn more about the human memory after watching college kids perform seemingly impossible memory feats on a tv variety show. It has made me reflect on my own poor working memory. A few years ago I attended a bicycle building class: I struggled badly with remembering the instructions...| Winnie Lim
Explore this guided practice to calm your mind, notice sensations in the body, and bring awareness to the present moment.| Mindful
In this Best of episode, Michael explains how the meditation we need is the “initial application of attention,” then “sustained application” so that we cultivate a spacious field in which thoughts and sensations can come and go. Sometimes blessings are all over the place and we miss them. Toronto, Ontario. Recorded May 3, 2017. The Awake in the World podcast is brought to you by the generosity of our amazing Patreon supporters, making it possible for us to keep Michael's archive of| Michael Stone
There is something life-giving about rooting oneself in a single community—about investing ourselves in a mutual fund, so to speak.| Front Porch Republic
An older version of this blog also appeared on the Random House ‘Random Blogs’ website on 8th April 2010 For me, for a long time my writing was my hobby, and as such I would get through everything else first, promising myself writing time later, as some kind of reward. However, it’s far too easy […] The post Finding the time to write first appeared on Sara Foster.| Sara Foster
Attention powers “transformers” - the seemingly complex architecture behind large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. But what does attention even mean?| Maharshi's blog
Anytime a new social app like Clubhouse captures millions of people’s attention and skyrockets to a supposed billion dollar valuation in a matter of months, I wonder: What is this activity replacing? Which app has been shoved aside for the new kid on the block? The obvious answer is that Clubhouse listening time is replacingContinue reading "Clubhouse and Continuous Partial Attention"| Ben Casnocha
We all know that online classes can be dreadful. Many students have sat with their laptops looking at a wall of bored faces on Teams, or the dreaded “wall of black screens” when students all turn their cameras off. A new paper by former UNC Greensboro Psychology graduate student Michael... Continue reading... The post Is Mind-Wandering Contagious? New Study on Attention in Online Classrooms appeared first on Department of Psychology.| Department of Psychology
Life is not rocket science; it really doesn’t take a genius. By a rough estimation based solely on my own lived experience and precise feminine intuition, you can solve about 72 to 82 per cent of your current life problems by going offline. Just Walk Away From The Screen. Close Your Eyes. No social media, […]| time spent offline
time spent offline isn’t for everyone. In fact, it is for a very select few; with a large appetite for life. It takes a large appetite to decide to go against the grain, the status quo, what they say is just life now, ya know, and say, NO, THANK YOU. It takes a large, large, […]| time spent offline
When I was in high school, I used to get sent to the principle’s office regularly for wearing inappropriate clothes; Shorts and skirts that made the male teachers uncomfortable, the women seethe— Just kidding! but otherwise I was a good, fairly smart, and engaged student in one of the worst high schools in the city […]| time spent offline
It’s funny the things you can get used to. I used to wake up to Twitter, the avatars shouting their grievances at me first thing in the morning; Open my eyes, reach under, beside, on top of the pillow until I felt it: Hard, flat, cool— Tap, tap, tap, tap; slide, slide; tap. For years, […]| time spent offline
Let’s try this thing again. And the thing about time spent offline is that you know what to do, you just don’t do it, or you don’t do it enough, or you do it for a bit but then you inevitably find yourself back in the rabbit hole of bottomless Instagram reels and clever Reddit […]| time spent offline
I turn 30 this month. With age, I have become less volatile, more sentimental. “The dots connect looking back,” he tells me over our drinks, blabbering to amuse ourselves; he’s quoting Steve …| time spent offline
Knowing how to improve your children's attention spans can set them up for success now and in the future. Here's how to do it!| Mama Teaches
Teachers should think a little more like Sherlock Holmes in their classroom to improve attention and learning. The post Sherlock Holmes and Covert Thieves of Attention appeared first on The Effortful Educator.| The Effortful Educator
There are many excellent AI papers and tutorials that explain the attention pattern in Large Language Models. But this essentially simple pattern is often obscured by implementation details and opt…| Bartosz Milewski's Programming Cafe
Monty Python’s Life of Brian is a British movie but Always Look on the Bright Side of Life could easily be America’s theme song. Barbara Ehrenreich covered the pitfalls of what some call toxic positivity in her book Bright-Sided, which I read shortly after it was published in 2009. It probably goes without saying that […]| Farther to Go!
Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US's image has "changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent." Considering that Singapore has traditionally tried to stay as politically neutral and ambiguous as possible, it feels like some tide has turned. This is on top...| Winnie Lim
The past three years have seen significant interest in applying language models to the task of visual document understanding – integrating spatial, textual, and visual signals to make sense of PDFs and scanned documents.| machine learning musings
Modern world puts more demands on your attention than you can spare. The solution, as always, is more friends. In Deliberate issue 115 I am musing on attention economy in family and on the Internet. The post [Deliberate 115] – The marketplace of attention is inefficient appeared first on Artur Piszek.| Artur Piszek
Here's a top-level explanation of how the brain can multi-task because of its attention system, working memory, cognitive flexibility.| Cognition Today
In this episode, I chat with Blake Harvard, aka The Effortful Educator, about applying cognitive psychology to the classroom. Blake and I presented together as part of the cognitive science strand at EdFest USA this year, and we share similar perspectives on the importance of bridging the gap between research and practice. In this interview, … Continue reading S4E18: Blake Harvard on Attention and Memory Constraints| Education Rickshaw
If you’re new here, welcome to On the Commons! Here, we explore questions as varied (but related) as: What is the difference between attention that fractures us and attention that restores? Wh…| Antonia Malchik
Try to focus your attention on the exact center of your visual field right now. Notice how the seemingly straightforward task reveals systematic instabilities: wavering, drifting, and transforming …| Qualia Computing
Priming is an important phenomenon in applied neuromarketing. It is a mysterious and complex process and impacts a significant part of our behavior. It is a process driven by the subconscious mind. Without intentions, the first item that is presented affects how we respond to the second. The complexity of priming asks for a better […] This post Priming: an invisible power tool for online marketing is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
Productivity in the brain happens through many different brain networks/circuits. These networks enable different aspects of productivity and cover the wide range of different cognitive and behavioral tasks needed to be productive.| Cognition Today
Attention metrics offer a more precise measurement of online user engagement and focus in terms of content and ads.| TargetVideo
When autistic clients first present for therapy, it’s because their life has become so unbearable that they desperately need help.| New Harbinger Publications, Inc
A personal journey through unexplained pain, psychosomatic illness, and healing by reconnecting with the body and emotions.| Forte Labs
SMART Living 365 is dedicated to exploring ideas and information that lead to a happier, more peaceful, and content life--365!| SMART Living 365
Chasing improvement can be a daunting task… Chasing improvement can be a daunting task. Whether it affects day-to-day life or sets up the future, we make decisions based on what we think is best for us. With the New Year barely behind us, our need for improvement is more evident than ever. Unfortunately, New Year’s […] This post Motivating Fitness: What are We Missing? is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
Have a look at the advertisement below. What will you focus on first? Your gaze is most likely drawn to the highlighted woman. That’s the whole point of using a marker. The critical parts pop out. That’s one of the effects of colors on behavior: they attract attention. In this post, we are going to […] This post The effects of colors on behavior is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
Storytelling can make you more attractive to others. Evolutionary, storytellers have many advantages. If you’re a good storyteller, you have better chances of finding social partners. You receive more community support and have healthier offspring. At least that’s what the results of a study with a hunter-gatherer population in the Philippines state. It would explain […] This post The online dialogue: Conversion optimization with storytelling is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
You know it, and you learned to fear it: Friction, the threat to high conversion. In this article, I am going to lay out how understanding the fundamentals behind our thinking and behavior can eliminate sources of it. To reduce friction, make your website more usable. Navigation has to be easy, create an intuitive website. […] This post Intuitive website design to reduce friction is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
Make or breake emotional marketing campaigns with positive or negative emotions. Attention, controllability, certainty and arousal will make your customers act. This post How to make or break emotional marketing campaigns is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
Our attention span is, in contrast to Pavlov's classical conditioning, very limited. Marketers can guide attention by distraction or the Zeignarik effect. This post The secrets of capturing and guiding attention is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
Our world is a hectic place. Everywhere we look we can see new things. It is impossible to pay attention to all of these visual stimuli. It demands too much time and energy. That is why our brain has developed shortcuts. The most distinct stimuli must be the most important for our survival and therefore […] This post All you need to know about visual cues in your online marketing is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
We live in a world in which we are continuously flooded by advertisement. Turn on the radio, look at Youtube, or take a stroll through town: marketing is everywhere. As a consumer, we are exposed to an overload of stimuli. And as a marketer, there is a lot of competition to take on. You need […] This post Nudge customers with framing is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
At this moment, you are not as fully focused as you might think you are. It doesn’t even matter what it is you are doing, your attention is always somewhere else. Whether you are reading modern poetry or making an omelette, you are not, not ever, doing so 100% focused. Attention Attention is limited, and […] This post Understand attention and focus better is published on Neurofied.| Neurofied
Attention is task-dependent and not a fixed resource. Focus at work depends on emotions, engagement with the task, and skills to perform that task.| Cognition Today
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Assumed Audience: written with an eye to folks willing to think a little bit harder about attention—something we all need to get better at. --- Walking through the airport this morning, I found that my attention itself had caught my attention. I have had this bit from L. M. Sacasas bouncing around in my head for the last month or so: The ability to take photographs expands (and limits) the hiker’s perceptive repertoire—it creates new possibilities, the landscape now appears differently ...| Chris Krycho
Assumed Audience: anyone willing to think hard about social media and its place in our lives. I. The Itch I began writing this post from our vacation bedroom in Jamaica, about five days before I could possibly publish it: before we left, I shut down the machines which can generate new versions of my site. I wished, as I started this post, that I had an equally effective measure for cutting off access to social media on this trip. I tried, of course. Before we left on June 1, I removed Slack a...| Chris Krycho
Recently, I went to the Museum of Modern Art to see a single painting, a practice I learned long ago from my father. (Though to look at just one work is also the practice of a centuries-old secret society.) For me, it was a way to revel in the perfection of an Agnes Martin painting, even as Martin's words described the experience, in art and in life.| Improvised Life
Self-injury is often seen as attention seeking behaviour. Sometimes it’s not; it’s hidden and secretive, the opposite of attention seeking. And sometimes it is attention seeking. But what’s wrong with that? If you view attention seeking self-injury as a bad thing, then read on.| LifeSIGNS
Birds are chirping and the grass is turning green! Spring is right around the corner and it’s a perfect time to look at Spring Visual Discrimination Activities! Not only do these FREE PRINTABLES address visual discrimination, BUT they also target matching, crossing midline, fine motor skills, bilateral hand skills, visual memory, visual sequential memory, and […] The post Spring Visual Discrimination Activities appeared first on The Fine Motor Detective.| The Fine Motor Detective
One of the best infrequently recurring Saturday Night Live sketches stars Bill Hader as the sardonic host of a game show called “What’s That Name?” As he explains, “The rules are simple, we show you a person, and you tell us their name.” Here’s the latest iteration from earlier this year: The script follows the […]| The Christian Rationalist
In this episode of Huberman Lab, Andrew Huberman defines working memory & why it’s critical for learning, productivity, strategy setting, goal seeking, and navigating new environments. Learn the biological factors affecting working memory and actionable tools to improve attention, working memory, and overall productivity| Podcast Notes
Attention is a hot commodity in the new economy: The new economy doesn’t want your money— Just your attention. Mark Zuckerberg wants your attention. Elon Musk wants your attention. And even t…| time spent offline
All my dreams came true this year. I even met someone offline. I loved hearing him tell the story: “We were at a comedy show and there is this woman heckling from the sides.” I smile coyly. I am th…| time spent offline
All addiction is escapism. The first time I hear you can smoke inside the casino Downtown Detroit, I can’t believe my ears. “You’re lying,” I say to him in disbelief. HeR…| time spent offline
Shorter attention spans have a significant impact on the modern workplace. Here's how to help your team stay productive and efficient.| 4PSA Blog
“Babe, what’s the passcode?” I ask coyly. I’m prepared for war if I don’t get what I want: The passcode I asked him to set to turn my smartphone into a dumb phone, and…| time spent offline
Get in loser, we’re going offline! time spent offline, the Substack newsletter, turns three today! 🎉 Since talk is cheap, and all writing really is is just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah— trust…| time spent offline
A look at extending pre-trained representations with document retrieval to better solve downstream tasks.| machine learning musings
Augmenting transformer language models with sparse access of large memory matrices| machine learning musings
A practical, code-first look at DeepMind's new haiku library.| machine learning musings
Exploring 6 noteworthy approaches for incorporating longer-term context in transformer models.| machine learning musings