Attention & Focus
What attention is, why focus slips, and evidence-graded ways to protect concentrated work.
Practical guide
How to Focus Better: Evidence-Based Strategies
Practical ways to focus better, checked against research: single-tasking, notifications, breaks, sleep and mindfulness, and when to see a professional.
Explainer
What Is Attention? Types and How They Work
What attention is: selective, sustained and divided attention, task switching and the three attention networks, and what training can and cannot change.
Practise on LaserMind
Focused Attention Meditation
◈ Conditional evidenceEvidence for: attention control (small, inconsistent)
Sustained Attention Task
◈ Conditional evidenceEvidence for: trained vigilance tasks
Attention Switching
◈ Conditional evidenceEvidence for: trained switching tasks
Breath Counting
◇ Limited evidenceEvidence for: noticing mind-wandering
Fixed Gaze / Trataka
◇ Limited evidenceEvidence for: sustained attention
Auditory Attention
◇ Limited evidenceEvidence for: selective auditory attention