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Goldfish Now Have Better Attention Spans Than We Do 人类注意力比金鱼还差 Last week, Microsoft released a study that sought to analyze the impact that technology – cellphones and social media specifically – is having on our attention span and the quality of our focus. They found some pretty significant changes compared with research conducted 15 years ago. Let's take a look at the findings 上周，微软公司就现代科技——手机和社交媒体对我们注意力时长和质量的影响做了一项调查。研究发现，与15年前做的调查相比，有了很大的改变。让我们来看看调查结果。 1. The average attention span has fallen to just eight seconds. 1.平均注意力时长降到了8秒 The average human attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds, and now it's just eight. The decrease was found across genders and all age groups. Apparently, a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds. Measuring the attention span of animals is sort of tricky stuff though … so it's possible we still have them beat. 2000年人类平均注意力时长为12秒，现在只有8秒。各个年龄段的注意力时长都有下降。连一条金鱼的注意力时长都有9秒。不过研究动物时会有其他不确定因素，所以也许我们仍领先。。。 2. Young people were most likely to demonstrate addiction-like behaviors when it came to digital technology. | 
