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Attention span is the amount of time a person can concentrate on a single activity. The ability to focus one's mental or other efforts on an object is generally considered to be of prime importance to the achievement of goals. People usually have a longer attention span when they are doing something that they enjoy.

Contents 1 Attention span in education 2 Attention span and television 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Attention span in education

Attention span is really 3-5mins times the persons age so a 5 year old would have a 15-25 minutes attention span (television aside). Elementary education often seeks to extend or develop attention span in children. Many teachers quote the myth that a person's attention span is 10 + Your Age minutes, and that anything taught after that is not taken in, but by taking a five or ten minute break after this time will help the class recover and replenish their attention span, but there is no evidence that this is actually successful.

[edit] Attention span and television

Some critics of television broadcasting complain that the medium tends to attenuate or shorten attention span.

In a study of 2,600 children ages 1 to 3 published in 2004, a team of researchers from University of Washington found that early exposure to television may have a negative impact on attention span.<ref>[1] Abstract of the study published in the journal Pediatrics</ref>

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• [2] An editorial about the UW study by Suzanne Fields in The Washington Timeses:Intervalo de atención