How long is your attention span?

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28 Nov 2023, 6:37 pm

My attention span varies, if it's something I'm interested in I can pay attention for hours on end.
If I'm not interested, I can only handle one topic or activity for about half an hour.

What is your attention span?

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28 Nov 2023, 6:46 pm

Sorry, what was the question again?

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28 Nov 2023, 6:48 pm

I think it says somewhere in here, but I don't know what it means.

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28 Nov 2023, 6:48 pm

Short ish unless I'm interested or have incentive to listen.

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28 Nov 2023, 6:52 pm

Lol - Just noticed my working memory was zero.

kdfjs;dkfjsdkfjs;

But then it says Valid Score? No.

I have no idea what that means.

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28 Nov 2023, 6:57 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:

Lol - Just noticed my working memory was zero.

kdfjs;dkfjsdkfjs;

But then it says Valid Score? No.

I have no idea what that means.

I'd anticipate it means the score was flawed and therefore doesn't count. To get a viable score they'd need to reevaluate.

My attention span is a planck length and time.

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28 Nov 2023, 7:27 pm

I never stop daydreaming & my daydreams switch at least every couple minutes as well but oddly I also pay attention at the same time I'm daydreaming. My issue with performing tasks is if the task becomes complicated & difficult, my body gets sore or tired, if something else comes up that distracts me, or if I need to stop to do something else.

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28 Nov 2023, 7:36 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

IsabellaLinton wrote:

Lol - Just noticed my working memory was zero.

kdfjs;dkfjsdkfjs;

But then it says Valid Score? No.

I have no idea what that means.

I'd anticipate it means the score was flawed and therefore doesn't count. To get a viable score they'd need to reevaluate.

My attention span is a planck length and time.

My reaction time: 1081 vs. 35. LOLLLLLL

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28 Nov 2023, 7:53 pm

I'm not sure how it would be measured exactly, but I have ADHD, so boring tasks cause my mind to wander.

The longer I am awake for any length of time and the closer to sleep that I move toward, the less strong my attention is. I think that is normal though?

By the time I ready to sleep, I can barely concentrate, versus when I start the day.

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28 Nov 2023, 8:06 pm

I thought of an analogy to explain my attention span. My attention is like a duel-core computer processor. One core is dedicated to daydreaming. Multiple daydream programs are running at once but that core can only process one daydream at a time so it keeps switching between them. The other core is dedicated to whatever tasks I'm performing & if I'm doing multiple tasks, it switches between them.

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28 Nov 2023, 9:14 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:

Lol - Just noticed my working memory was zero.

kdfjs;dkfjsdkfjs;

But then it says Valid Score? No.

I have no idea what that means.

My working memory is definitely below average.

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28 Nov 2023, 11:15 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

IsabellaLinton wrote:

Lol - Just noticed my working memory was zero.

kdfjs;dkfjsdkfjs;

But then it says Valid Score? No.

I have no idea what that means.

I'd anticipate it means the score was flawed and therefore doesn't count. To get a viable score they'd need to reevaluate.

My attention span is a planck length and time.

My reaction time: 1081 vs. 35. LOLLLLLL

If that's in milliseconds I'd assume you were distracted for at least a second.

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28 Nov 2023, 11:43 pm

blitzkrieg wrote:

I'm kinda the opposite, I need a few hours to fully boot-up mentally.

On the other hand, I can often sustain focus on some sorts of activities until I'm literally nodding off. I can be at >32 hours since I last slept and still hyperfocusing on whatever it was that caught my attention.

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29 Nov 2023, 9:48 am

funeralxempire wrote:

blitzkrieg wrote:

32 hours since you last slept? That seems a long, long time. Do you struggle with insomnia?

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29 Nov 2023, 9:56 am

I have a very poor attention span when doing something that I'm not interested in.

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29 Nov 2023, 10:14 am

It's about...

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