Do you often find it difficult to concentrate if you are not interested in what you are learning or if you have better things to think about? 【小题1】 However, understanding how to do it, and knowing what is distracting you, can help.

Scientists have looked at what makes us procrastinate and found a number of ways to help us stay in the zone. 【小题2】 Research by Science Focus magazine found silence is best for concentration, or a gentic background hum and coffee shop noise is great! It also found turning off notifications on your phone, or switching it off altogether, removes a major distraction and helps us focus on the task at hand.

Another possible cure for a short attention span is brain training. Psychologists and neuroscientists are increasingly interested in our ability to knuckle down and have looked at what we can change inside our head to make us concentrate. Attention Researcher Nilli Lavie of University College London has found that making a task more visually demanding takes up more processing power and leaves the brain nothing left to process distractions. 【小题3】

There are more practical tips to keeping your mind focused. 【小题4】 Chewing some gum may also help! It’s possible the movement in your mouth occupies parts of the brain that might otherwise get distracted.

But according to Science Focus magazine, distraction isn’t all bad. If we were always so focused that we never got distracted, we’d miss potential changes, such as threats in our environment. 【小题5】