There’s a point in every study session where your phone becomes your enemy. You’re deep in your notes, and suddenly someone tags you in a meme. And just like that, you’ve lost twenty minutes, your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jess Cording is a dietitian and health coach who covers wellness. Do you feel less productive than you’d like? Are you easily ...

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Screens vie for our attention everywhere now, and many of us struggle to keep our minds focused on one task at a time. Research shows that media multitasking, like texting while watching video shorts, ...

Brain-training games are all the rage, but whether they prevent cognitive decline has been debatable. Studies in recent years have gone back and forth on the topic, with no definitive conclusion. Many ...

It’s frustrating when you try to hunker down to tackle a project, only to have your mind wander. If this happens more than you’d like, new research has a solution: You can “train” your brain to be ...

Most strikingly, brain-cleaning fluid (CSF) flowed out of the brain during each lapse in attention, and then flowed back in once the lapse ended. Researchers found that when tired brains lose focus, ...

Many people who have summer brain fog try to fight it with caffeine and other means that backfire, but here are tips on how to cope with it. As summer heats up, the physical consequences of heat ...