Attention
Locking on to what matters, ignoring what does not, and holding back when you should.
Lessons
- Aim, filter, brakeWhat attention actually is, the brain networks behind it, the four facets we measure, and how they show up in study and work.
- What attention predictsThe research on how attention and self-control relate to school results, life outcomes and job performance, with the real sizes of the effects and their limits.
- Where attention is testedHow campus placement tests, entrance exams and game-based assessments load your attention, with official formats, timings and the vendors that use attention tasks.
- How to get betterWhat attention practice can and cannot change according to the evidence, the habits that protect attention on test day, and a four-week plan using our seven attention games.
Game guides
- SingularityHow our odd-one-out search works, what visual-search research says about pop-out and conjunction targets, and a method for finding the one different item quickly and surely.
- PulseHow our go/no-go and stop-signal stream works, why a wrong press usually costs more than a missed one, and how to stay quick without letting the rhythm press for you.
- ArrowsHow the flanker task works, how our version times and scores every row, and a method for answering the centre arrow fast while the flankers pull the other way.
- Target PracticeHow the moving-target wave works, why one wrong click costs more than one missed target, and a method for picking the right object out of a crowd at speed.
- LengthsHow the length-pair sets work, why the differences shrink the way they do, and a method for judging length when tilt, offset and clutter are designed to mislead you.
- KeypressHow the Go and Stop schedule works, exactly which presses count, and a method for pressing at full speed without spilling presses into the Stop periods.
- Timing TasksHow the two parts of a trial work, why timing errors grow with the interval, and a method for holding a duration accurately without a clock to watch.