Believing in a UFO, Smartphones and ADHD

Believing in a UFO, Smartphones and ADHD

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 174

  • Jul 21, 2018 1:00 pm
  • 1:32:38 mins

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.

Episode Segments

Why are people starting to believe in UFOs again

44m

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.

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

30m

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.

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.
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