Most PowerPoint presentations fail to grab the brain’s attention because, well, ... For a presentation, picture superiority means using more photos, graphics, and animations.

It wasn’t like Duke University futurist Nita Farahany wanted to bring nonstop doom and gloom during her recent “The Battle for Your Brain” presentation at last week’s World Economic Forum ...

The brain doesn’t pay attention to boring things. The human brain makes a flurry of decisions when it receives a sensory input. In just 60 to 110 milliseconds—faster than the blink of an eye ...