
Ignoring Distractions
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 202 , Segment 3
Episode: Media and Cancer, Ignoring Distractions, Breathless Choir
- Dec 23, 2015 12:13 am
- 19:57 mins
Guests: Michael Halassa, PhD, Professor at New York University’s Langone Medical Center; Jim Gnadt, PhD, Program Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health Distraction is a constant in our daily lives. Sometimes by choice—like when you scroll through your Facebook feed while watching TV while carrying on a text conversation with a friend. Sometimes by circumstance—think about everything that comes at you when you drive—the traffic signals, the weather, the pedestrians, other cars around you and whatever you’re listening to on the radio. How our brains are able to filter out unnecessary information and zero in on what matters is a mystery researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health are getting closer to unlocking.