The Science of Children's Attention. This new study offers insight. The study, which appeared in Psychological Science in 2024, showed that kids tended to learn information just as well when they ...

Kids start paying attention to accuracy at about age 4 Early on, they're likely to trust humans; a bit later, performance matters more.

Last week at my neighborhood park, I watched a seven-year-old boy seemingly "not paying attention" during his outdoor science lesson. While his teacher was explaining plant life cycles, he was ...