In the 54-page study, Microsoft sought to understand what impact technology and today’s digital lives are having on attention spans. More than half of these smartphone users admit to using their phone in the past year to look up information about a health condition, but at what cost? In the U.S., nearly two-thirds of Americans are smartphone owners, with many users utilizing their phones for online access, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. The rise of gadget use in the 21st century means our lives have become increasingly more digital at home, work, and school. A recent study by Microsoft Corporation has found this digital lifestyle has made it difficult for us to stay focused, with the human attention span shortening from 12 seconds to eight seconds in more than a decade. In the digital age, where the news is limited to 140 characters and conversations take place in the form of emojis, our attention span has shortened.
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