Maximum life span

Eric’s cognitive abilities were assessed through the use of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). The areas of cognitive processing ability measured include crystallized intelligence, short-term memory, visual-spatial processing, reasoning ability, and processing speed. The subtests measure different cognitive processing abilities, combining to form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which all together…

Attention is a limited resource. Most of the time, people are interested in figuring out how best to use attention to our advantage: how to make sure we are registering the important things, while paying less care to other, less salient stimuli. Being able to effectively control attention contributes to our ability to study well and react quickly to new stimuli in the environment. However, there are also circumstances in which people would want to use the limited resource of attention to…

Recess is a time where so many childhood memories are learned. Maybe it involves making a new friend, creating a new game, or running faster than everyone else in the class. No matter what the memory is, recess has been, and still is, affecting students in a positive way. First, recess benefits students’ cognitive development. According to, “The Crucial Role of Recess in School,” by the American Academy of Pediatrics, children learn through experiences (183). A child can learn to throw a…

I may be a little slow to the podcast game, but I blame my extremely short attention span. In no way am I a “books on tape” kind of girl, because then I become “daydream-look at the window –miss half the chapter” kind of girl. So years ago, when my husband suggested I download these podcasts, I dismissed him. Like I smiled and nodded my head and thought about puppies, ice cream cones, and sunshine while he listed a bunch of podcasts I would like. I lumped them together with my attempts to…

Diversity in Education Diversity is everywhere, it is part of our everyday life but when it comes to diversity in education, it becomes more apparent due to having a small group in a small area. Each student you will receive will have different personalities, will need different amounts of praise and time to complete assignments but it is important to remember that every child needs your attention. Diversity is more than just race it is gender, socio-economic class and special needs. Being a…

(Our World of Electrons and Distractions) Every single day, we see and notice other humans. These people are wide, narrow, short, tall, happy and sad. There are a plethora of different types of humans, but in the hand of almost any human that will cross your line of sight, is a little device that can control even the most diverse of people. The cellphone has dominated our culture, from the oldest senior to the youngest toddler, but is too much of this technology hurting us rather than aiding…

As technology continues to evolve in an accelerating fashion, humans have placed an intense focus on the future of our race. This has come in the forms of things like genetic mutation, self-driving cars, and forming a settlement on Mars. But the increase in technology has come with a decrease in quality human interaction, which is demonstrated by tendencies to find entertainment through screens rather than in another human being. The study of human interaction is a field that affects every…

using a dictionary the problem is it’s too convenient. The solution to the problem is to eliminate the idea that cooking is work and introduce it as a skill or an activity. Touching again on patience “The results showed the average human attention span has fallen from 12 seconds in 2000… to eight seconds”(Leon Watson, telegraph.co.uk). It’s well known that if you have fun doing something you’re likely to go and do it again. If cooking is introduced as an activity to hold your attention,…

Journal #5 Riley Parsley said “um” a lot and did not have good pronunciation or talk loud enough. I could not understand him at times and he did not have good posture. He explained the process of becoming a game warden well and he was talking to the audience, but he did not express his transitions clearly. Heather said “um” and “stuff like that” a lot. In the beginning of her speech she was banging on the podium which was distracting. I think her transitions were rushed but she clearly stated…

How does a person characterize an attention span? People may reckon that someone having a decent attention span is attentive and a person who is inattentive has a short attention span. In “The Attention Span Myth,” the author Virginia Heffernan debates on whether attention spans are real or not. “Heffernan is a national correspondent for Yahoo News [and a] former editor at Harper’s magazine” (Heffernan 113). She uses certain strategies to inform the reader on her information and certain types of…