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Study shows goldfish have an average of nine seconds longer attention spans than humans.

People have lower attention span than goldfish

Amy Swanson, Staff Reporter September 20, 2016

A study by Microsoft Corporation found that in the last 13 years, humans' attention span dropped from 12 to eight seconds. What does this mean? We have a shorter attention span than goldfish. These...

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