Focus training
Train and measure your attention span – with honest context. Guide: concentration
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Focus
Train and measure your attention span – with honest context.
Focus session
grows with youA timer that grows with you: note distractions instead of giving in, rate it at the end.
Concentration can be built like endurance – in small steps beyond your current span.
Alertness test (3 min)
3 minTap as soon as the number appears. Measures reaction time and lapses.
The standard test of sleep research – sensitive to fatigue. Good for seeing when you're really alert.Dinges & Powell 1985; Basner et al. 2011
Schulte table
2 minTap the numbers 1–25 in order as fast as you can.
Trains visual search and gaze control. Honestly: you mainly get better at exactly this task.
N-back
3 minDoes the square from n steps ago light up again? The level adapts.
Challenges working memory. Whether it makes you smarter in general is disputed – as a concentration exercise it works.Jaeggi et al. 2008; Melby-Lervåg et al. 2016
Stroop test
2 minName the ink colour, not the word.
Measures how well you block out distraction (interference) – a classic of attention research.Stroop 1935
Exercises are no substitute for help if you've been feeling bad for a while. Talk to your university's counselling service. In a crisis: call your local emergency number or a crisis line in your country.