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- The study introduces a new way to measure sustained attention by focusing on how long someone can stay "in the zone" during a task, instead of using traditional performance metrics like response time.* -
- Researchers found that attention span tends to be longer in young adults compared to children and older adults, and that children's declining attention span during tasks is linked to symptoms of inattention.* -
- The findings highlight that measuring attention span is a valuable method for assessing sustained attention, especially for understanding differences across different age groups and in individuals showing inattention symptoms.*
Article Abstract
Introduction: Studies examining sustained attention abilities typically utilize metrics that quantify performance on vigilance tasks, such as response time and response time variability. However, approaches that assess the duration that an individual can maintain their attention over time are lacking.
Methods: Here we developed an objective attention span metric that quantified the maximum amount of time that a participant continuously maintained an optimal "in the zone" sustained attention state while performing a continuous performance task.
Results: In a population of 262 individuals aged 7-85, we showed that attention span was longer in young adults than in children and older adults. Furthermore, declines in attention span over time during task engagement were related to clinical symptoms of inattention in children.
Discussion: These results suggest that quantifying attention span is a unique and meaningful method of assessing sustained attention across the lifespan and in populations with inattention symptoms.
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