Sussex Attention Lab
Selected Media
Five easy ways to improve your attention span
8th July 2026
Dr Sophie Forster contributes expert insight to The Telegraph on why our attention spans can feel increasingly fragile and the practical steps we can take to improve focus.
Read the article in The Telegraph here!
Attention, Sleep and Learning
27th October 2025
Listen to Dr Sophie Forster’s recent contribution to the Learning Matters podcast, where she collaborates with Dr. Giulia Poerio to discuss the relationship between attention, sleep, and learning.
Listen on Spotify!
"Weapons of Mass Distraction?" Conference
November 2024
Why do we daydream?
2nd February 2024
Dr Sophie Forster’s appeared on BBC's CrowdScience Radio Show to help answer the question - why do we daydream?
Listen to it here!
Moving Minds Project
September 2023 - August 2024
The Moving Minds Project was aimed at developing engaging extra-curricular activities for neurodivergent (eg. autistic) children.
In collaboration with Press Play Films Director Lara Leslie, Dr. Sophie Forster aimed to design activities that foster sustained attention and meaningful engagement.
How you can manipulate your powerful sense of smell.
6th June 2018
Listen to the BBC Radio 4 segment where Dr. Sophie Forster joins Claudia Hammond to discuss her research on 'nose blindness' and attention.