It is telling that the optimum advisable video size on TikTok is between 21 and 34 seconds. As of late, that is about how lengthy our consideration spans are inclined to final.
Our fixed task-switching is—unsurprisingly—not so nice for our brains. “Switching backwards and forwards between duties is burning up the mind’s main gas supply, which is oxygenated glucose. The mind has to ‘journey a path’ to go from one activity to a different, which makes use of gas,” Chris Lee, a neuroscience and expertise skilled, tells mindbodygreen.
Multitasking additionally drains our cognitive reserves. Consider the mind as its personal particular person: If you happen to ask it to carry on to too many issues, Lee explains, ultimately it will run out of fingers and drop one thing. Irrespective of who you might be, analysis exhibits that activity efficiency deteriorates while you try and tackle a couple of activity at a time.
In an age of data overload, cultivating consideration has by no means been extra vital—or tougher. We requested Lee to share one of the best methods he is discovered for tuning out distractions and dwelling a extra targeted life:
