The world is full of people and things that can make you happy, but you have to notice them to get the full effect. Smartphones are technological marvels, but the hold they have over our limited attention is causing us to miss out on more than we realize.
Dr Laurie Santos finds that even having a phone nearby can reduce how happy you feel. Laurie chats with Catherine Price, a science journalist, founder of ScreenLifeBalance.com and author of How to Break Up With Your Phone.
For an even deeper dive into the research we talk about in the show visit happinesslab.fm or visit screenlifebalance.com, the website for guest Catherine Price.
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06/01/20 • 30 min
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos - Dial D for Distracted
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Pushkin. One of the greatest lies our minds tell us is that we're soaking up everything we see in here. But that's simply not true. Our ability to pay attention to the world around us is much more limited than we think. We're missing out on way more than we realize. Okay, thank you again for helping me into the study. X. So you're going to be doing a classic experiment in psychology where you're going to be counting the number of basketball passe
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