Abstract: When ithe ibrain's iworking iproperly, iour icapacity ito ifocus iand iconcentrate iallows ius ito iaccomplish iincredible ithings. iDistractions iare ithe imost icommon icause iof iinattention, ialthough ithey iaren't ialways ias iobvious ias iyou imight ithink.
Instead, iyou ican ifeel idisorganized ior i"fuzzy," ior iyou imight iblame iyourself ifor inot ibeing imore iin icommand.
Focus iand iconcentration, ias iwell ias imemory iand iother icognitive iprocesses, ican ideteriorate ias iwe iage, ialthough ithis iis inot ialways ithe icase. iIn ireality, iseveral istudies iwith iolder iadults ishow ino ireduction iin idecision-making iabilities, iand istrategic ilearning i—the iability ito iunderstand isomething iin icertain iways i— ican iimprove iwith iage. iIn icomparison ito ithose iin itheir i50s, ipeople iin itheir i70s ican ibe i"more iconscientious iand ivigilant, iwithout ibecoming ihyper-vigilant."
If iyou ihave itrouble ifocusing, iyou imay ibelieve ithat iyou ionly ineed ito itry iharder, ibut ithis imethod iis iunlikely ito ihelp. i
Instead, iyou imay iimprove iyour ifocus iby ifocusing ion iimproving ithe iindividual ibrain iactivities ithat icontrol iconcentration iand iawareness. iYou ican ifeel isharper iand imore ifocused iby isetting iconditions ithat imake iit isimpler ito iconcentrate iand icomplete iyour iwork, iespecially iwhen iyou ihave ia ispecific iassignment ito ido. iConsider ihow imany iof ithese ielements iaffect iyour iability ito ifocus i– ifor ibetter ior iworse i— iand ihow imany iof ithem irelate ito iyou. iStarting iat iany iof ithese ipoints ican ihelp iyou iimprove iyour iattention iand iconcentration iin iall iareas iof iyour ilife.
Concentration iand ifocus iare imuscles ithat ineed ito ibe iexercised iregularly. iAlthough isome istudents iare inaturally ibetter iat ithis ithan iothers, iall istudents ican iacquire itactics ito iassist ithem ito ienhance itheir iability ito iconcentrate. iAfter iall, ichildren ineed ito ibe iable ito ifocus iand iconcentrate ifor ilong iperiods ito isucceed iin ischool iand iextracurricular iactivities, inot ito imention iwhen ithey ienter ithe iworkforce.
Keywords: iAttention ispan, idistractions, isolutions, iconcentration, iGradient iBoosting iClassifier.
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DOI:
10.17148/IJARCCE.2022.114134
