“Concentrate”? What does Wikipedia have to say about that? Oh, interesting. First of all, the first few times searching, you get directed to chemical articles or similar. So then I try “concentration,” and indeed, I can finally get to the target article through a disambiguation page. Indeed, one of Wikipedia’s biases are showing clearly here.
20180827/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrate
20180827/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrate_(disambiguation)
20180827/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration
20180827/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_(disambiguation)
20180827/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentional_control
So, some of the most key interesting points learned here:
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We already knew children have less attention control than adults. However, elders can have less attention control than younger adults.
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Attention control generally decreases across all mental disorders, especially executive control; that is, sensory conflict resolution.