Attention Span Is Shortening Significantly By The Year – But Why? A study from Microsoft involving more than 2,000 people has found that the average attention span has dipped to a low 8 seconds – down from 12 seconds in 2000. A goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds. There are many effects from smartphones and the like on the human body which are never written about. Information technology ( IT ) is much more powerful in unrecognized ways than is generally acknowledged. Because these various IT devices are often very close to a person’s body, they can and do have profound effects on the human bioelectric field. The key factor in this ever-intensifying dynamic between human and technology is the length of time of daily interaction. More http://bit.ly/1HpnB27 'via Blog this'