
Believing in a UFO, Smartphones and ADHD
The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 174
- Jul 21, 2018 6:00 am
- 92:38
Why are people starting to believe in UFOs again (17:52) Joseph P Laycock, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University. He teaches courses on world religions, religion in America, new religious movements, and the intersection of religion and popular culture. Dr. Laycock discusses why American’s flip flop belief in UFO’s and the presidential candidate who may support further research. Smartphones and ADHD (1:02:09) Kosta Kushlev, Ph. D., is a research faculty at the University of Virginia. He studies how factors like technology, money, and parenthood can influence personal well-being. ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, can cause many problems. Among them, Trouble paying attention or staying still. Dr. Kushlev found that people not suffering from ADHD may unknowingly give themselves the symptoms of ADHD, through Smartphone notifications.