{"id":26592,"date":"2025-06-30T20:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/?p=26592"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:58:27","slug":"how-to-improve-attention-span-tips-from-ohio-state-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/home\/how-to-improve-attention-span-tips-from-ohio-state-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Improve Attention Span: Tips From Ohio State Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-e7eb3fc3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">A new survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals the main contributors to short attention spans. 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Recent studies highlight that the average attention span has dwindled to just eight seconds. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine&#8217;s latest survey illuminates the primary factors contributing to this trend and offers actionable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national survey sampled 1,000 American adults, finding that stress and anxiety are the leading contributors to short attention spans (43%). This was closely followed by lack of sleep (39%) and the pervasive influence of digital devices (35%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The stress and the ruminating and thinking about things over and over in your mind can certainly impact attention span and the ability to focus,&#8221; Evita Singh, a psychiatrist with Ohio State\u2019s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, said in a news release. &#8220;Often when patients come to see me, they&#8217;re worried about their ability to focus, and there&#8217;s a good chance that it ends up being because they&#8217;re so stressed out or they&#8217;re anxious. 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