The Impact of Attention Spans on Learning and Memory

Sally Kohn: I want to talk next about just the impact of our attention spans, how this consumption is impacted learning and memory and thriving. She says as an advocate for reading books and in particular physical books, the impact on reading can be adverse. Kohn: When it's on an electronic device, there tends to be more focused on, oh, push this button,. They get distracted by all these things. And there's less attention to the actual content in the actual reading.