Monthly Archives: September 2017

Do short breaks help loooong attention in kids?

Not everything we do around here is with preschoolers! The Whitfield Lab is currently looking for 8- to 10-year-olds for studies this fall  investigating how taking a short break in the middle of a computer lesson helps children to continue paying attention until the end of the task. What kind of break? How much could it help? Answers coming soon…

If you are interested in participating, contact us at childresearch@scu.edu  In the study, children will play some short memory games and a simple but challenging computer game over three-sessions – what they would often be doing at home anyway, but here we’ll turn it into science 🙂