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EPISODE · Apr 3, 2020 · 15 MIN

Information Overload

from This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg · host Dr. Phil Stieg

Human brains are not wired for the staggering amount and variety of daily information coming our way. Dr. Marvin Chun, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Yale University, explains how our brains evolved to do one thing at a time, why they react poorly to the demands of multi-tasking, and why distraction undermines our performance and our memory.

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