26 min

The Incredible Shrinking Attention Span This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg

    • Science

Is the deluge of digital media killing our ability to focus? Psychologist Gloria Mark, a professor in the Department of Informatics at University of California, Irvine, explains how we are shaped by what we pay attention to – and why today’s short snippets of everything are reinforcing short attention spans. Learn how playing a few minutes of Solitaire on your phone can help relieve stress, and why it can be so hard to stop. And in case you need to ask, you’ll find out why it’s such a bad idea to give an iPad to a baby.
For more information, transcripts, and all episodes, please visit
 https://thisisyourbrain.com
For more about Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery, please visit
 https://neurosurgery.weillcornell.org 

Is the deluge of digital media killing our ability to focus? Psychologist Gloria Mark, a professor in the Department of Informatics at University of California, Irvine, explains how we are shaped by what we pay attention to – and why today’s short snippets of everything are reinforcing short attention spans. Learn how playing a few minutes of Solitaire on your phone can help relieve stress, and why it can be so hard to stop. And in case you need to ask, you’ll find out why it’s such a bad idea to give an iPad to a baby.
For more information, transcripts, and all episodes, please visit
 https://thisisyourbrain.com
For more about Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery, please visit
 https://neurosurgery.weillcornell.org 

26 min

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