New paper finds no large digital-era changes in attention-related abilities
rjhaier · x · 2026-10-07
A new research paper asks whether there is a Flynn Effect for attention in the digital age. The results support domain differentiation of cross-temporal changes in cognitive abilities and contradict the notion of large changes in attention-related abilities in the digital age, pushing back on popular claims of widespread attention decline.
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