Sentences with phrase «span than a goldfish»

In fact, we now generally lose concentration after eight seconds — that's a shorter attention span than a goldfish.

People have less of an attention span than a goldfish, according to a Microsoft study from 2015 which shows that a goldfish can stay interested in something for nine seconds while people, on average, clock in at 8 seconds, which is down from 12 seconds in 2000 and getting shorter all the time.

Not exact matches

A 2013 study found the average attention span of people is 8 seconds, one second less than that of a goldfish.

Although several sources on the web state the «goldfish statistic,» the idea that the average American has an attention span of eight seconds, one second less than the attention span of a goldfish, this LinkedIn article disproves that, using research to state that there are a variety of attention spans, with adult attention spans reaching up to 20 minutes.

May we have your attention, please: The average American attention span is now one second shorter than that of a goldfish.

And thanks to our ever - present electronics, research shows that the average American's attention span has dropped over the past decade from 12 seconds to a mere eight — shorter than the attention span of a goldfish.

If you're reading this then that means you, unlike the majority of the internet, don't have an attention span shorter than a goldfish.

According to a study, in a multi-device world, the average human's attention span is eight seconds; less than a goldfish's.

Long story short: The average human attention span is about eight seconds — that's shorter than the attention span of a goldfish!

A study conducted by Microsoft revealed the average attention span of Gen - Y learners is just eight seconds, shorter than that of a goldfish which can remain focused for nine seconds.

Humans now have an attention span of 8 seconds, worse than a goldfish!

As the study's report indicated, that's one second shorter than the attention span of the average goldfish.

Thankfully, only a small few, 1.7 %, feel they have attention spans shorter than a goldfish.

But with our attention span having fallen below eight seconds, which is lower than that of the common goldfish, enlightenment may only come as a result of a search engine.

In fact, a recent study reported that the average human's attention span is shorter than that of a goldfish.