Attention Contagion Online: Attention Spreads Between Students in a Virtual Classroom

(In)attentiveness can spread between students in the same learning environment, affecting their learning (Forrin et al., 2021). The present study is the first to investigate whether this phenomenon—attention contagion—extends to virtual classrooms when students have their webcams on. Undergraduate student participants (n = 74) watched a prerecorded lecture along with research confederates who were visible in “webcam video thumbnails.” The …