The phrase "attention skills" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability to focus, concentrate, or manage attention effectively in various contexts, such as education, psychology, or personal development.
Example: "Improving your attention skills can lead to better performance in both academic and professional settings."
Alternatives: "focus abilities" or "concentration skills".
DR. DAPHNE BAVELIER, of the University of Rochester, whose study found that certain violent video games improve visual attention skills.
Despite the ready access to these information-rich tools, our students come to college with weak attention skills and too often an active dislike of sustained reading.
A.D.H.D. is described by most experts as resulting from abnormal chemical levels in the brain that impair a person's impulse control and attention skills.
It helps him or her focus on the attention skills without also having to be in physical control of the car.
The study, which appeared in the Sept. 12 issue of the journal Pediatrics, involved 60 children whose parents reported similar levels of television-watching and attention skills.
A16 SCIENCE/HEALTH Video Games Improve Eye Skills Researchers are reporting that first-person-shooter video games, the kind that require players to kill or maim enemies or monsters that pop out of nowhere, sharply improve visual attention skills.
Re "On Video Games, the Jury Is Out and Confused" (June 5): The positive findings that video games improve a narrow set of visual attention skills leave me underwhelmed.
Located on the frontal lobe, it is a toolbox of mental attention skills that enables the brain to concentrate on one task while blocking out competing information and to switch focus between different tasks without becoming confused.
The researchers found those who had played the video games had better attention skills than before.
Joint attention skills refer to verbal and nonverbal skills used to share experiences with others.
Children's attention skills were tested with the digit span test while teachers rated their behavior.
