Attention Management

Design strategies and techniques that help users direct, maintain, and recover attention while interacting with digital content. For users with ADHD, attention management in interface design includes minimizing distractions (reducing visual clutter, hiding non-essential elements), providing clear visual hierarchy to guide focus, using progressive disclosure to avoid overwhelming users, offering content in digestible segments, and providing tools to bookmark or save position for later return. Attention management balances engagement with ethical design, avoiding dark patterns that exploit attention vulnerabilities.