If you’ve suspected your smartphone usage was doing a number on your ability to pay attention, you may be happily wrong. Our guest tells us that humans have actually always been pretty distractible. We also learn that some women and minorities have noticed that their healthcare questions and issues are not given as much attention as others.
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Humans Have Short Attention Spans, And It’s Not The Internet’s Fault
Meditate. Unplug. Go hiking. All of these things are purported to help our internet-addled brains regain their pre-tech attention spans which, we’re told, were blissfully longer than those of goldfish. Actually, the goldfish thing is a myth. According to a new study, it’s evolution, not the internet: humans are distractible by design.
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What Happens When Doctors Don't Listen To Women
Health care professionals don’t have all the answers, and are often too overburdened with administrative tasks to do all the research they need to do for their patients. But why is it that so many women and minorities feel that they don’t get answers to their healthcare questions? We explore “healthcare gaslighting.”
Episode Credits
- Carrie Kaufman Host
- Colleen Leahy Producer
- Carrie Kaufman Producer
- Sabine Kastner Guest
- Sasha Ottey Guest
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