The Science of Attention and Distraction
Your smartphone might be making you miserable and you might not even realize it. These machines are technological marvels, but our addiction to them is causing us to miss out on the things happening all around us. Dr. Laurie explores the science of in-attentional blindness—our brain's remarkable ability to miss things…
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