Limited capacity of the brain

Do you sometimes find it difficult to focus. You're not the only one. Find out the basics of focus and why it's so hard to concentrate in today's world.

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Do you sometimes find it difficult to focus. You're not the only one. Find out the basics of focus and why it's so hard to concentrate in today's world.

Every second we receive a staggering amount of information, but only a small fraction of it ends up being processed by our conscious mind. Our ability to consciously focus our attention on the information that interests us enables us to process information efficiently and learn quickly.

Believe it or not, we are losing out to chimpanzees and many other animals in terms of working memory capacity. On the other hand, the extraordinary ability of humans to direct their attention and control what in

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