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Atlanta, GA | Posted: July 16, 2019
Summary Sentence:
Students are able to learn about how different activities and emotions affect our attention.
Full Summary:
High School students learn about how the brain controls attention, and how emotion, exercise, stress, and meditation affect our attention. Campers get to create their own research projects about attention that they present on the last day of camp.
2019 Psychology of Attention Summer CampPsychologists have learned quite a bit about the human ability to focus attention, and the problems that make focusing our attention so difficult. During this one-week program, high school students learn all about the psychology of controlling attention, and how that relates to your ability to do well at school and at work. Students also learn about the brain’s role in attention, as well as the influence of emotions, fatigue, and exercise on attention. Throughout the week, students work on their very own research projects that are presented to their peers and families at the end of the camp.
