Smartphones And Attention Span

Ease of accessing online contents through smartphones, tablets and laptops can free up brain space, but it makes harder to remember details when unaided, affecting our ability to recall information, British researchers said today.

With the rise in digital technology, the human attention span has shortened from 12 seconds to eight seconds in more than a decade, a recent study by Microsoft Corporation has found.

Ease of accessing online contents through smartphones, tablets and laptops can free up brain space, but it makes harder to remember details when unaided, affecting our ability to recall information, British researchers said today.

With the rise in digital technology, the human attention span has shortened from 12 seconds to eight seconds in more than a decade, a recent study by Microsoft Corporation has found.