Pay Attention: Kids Distraction Helps Them Outshine Adults in Data Retention

Children’s perceived lack of attention may, in fact, make them more efficient than adults in absorbing and retaining information they are instructed to ignore. Researchers discovered children encode secondary information from a given task into their brains, in contrast to adults who focus strictly on the assigned task.

from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/W6lBx2b