Anecdotal sources suggest that fruit fly has the shortest attention span with three seconds. While we can't find published information about sparrows, many believe that they might have the longest attention span.
According to Bloomberg.com, the average knowledge worker has the attention span of a sparrow. Roughly once every three minutes, typical cubicle dwellers set aside whatever they're doing and start something else—anything else.
We found that children have long attention span, as per Day2dayparenting.com, children ages 6-7 years may be able to sustain attention to one interesting or novel task for as long as 30 minutes.
The average attention span for the notoriously ill-focused goldfish is nine seconds, but according to a study from Microsoft Corp., people now generally lose concentration after eight seconds, highlighting the effects of an increasingly digitalized lifestyle on the brain. Find out more at TIME.
Your attention span is the amount of time you can concentrate on a task without becoming distracted. Most educators and psychologists agree that the ability to focus attention on a task is crucial for the achievement of one’s goals. Check out some tips to help you improve your focus and attention at Lifehack.org.