This study reminded me of the benefits of playing chess. I have seen children who could not sit still in many situations actually sit still for 45 minutes while totally focused on a chess game. In today's world, we need activities that will provide counter balance to the modern skill of sifting and sorting the increasing amount of information coming at us from all directions. Think about it!
Here's the latest research on our shrinking attention spans:
http://drudgegae.iavian.net/v2/r?n=0&s=18&u=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/our-attention-span-is-now-less-than-that-of-a-goldfish-microsoft-study-finds-10247553.html
