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The Science of Distraction

Posted on January 21, 2022March 23, 2022 by Stefanie Dion Jones

Neag School Professor Explores Fluctuations of Attention During Science Learning

Maintaining attention for long periods of time is extremely challenging because attention, by nature, is dynamic and often shifts between external and internal states.

But could a little break from paying attention to the instructor be beneficial to the learning process? Learning sciences Professor Ido Davidesco thinks that might be the case, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding his research with $1.3 million to find out.