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Information overload? Heavy multimedia users are more easily distracted by irrelevant information
Posted by Ed Yong on August 24, 2009
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Our minds are battlegrounds where different media fight for attention. Through the Internet, desktops, mobile screens, TVs and more, we are constantly awash with headlines, links, images, icons, videos, animations and sound. This is the way of the 21st century – a saturated sensory environment where multi-tasking is the name of the game. Even as…
More on propranolol – the drug that doesn’t erase memories
Posted by Ed Yong on February 17, 2009 The mainstream media are just queuing up to fail in their reporting of the propranolol story from a couple of days ago. To reiterate: Propranolol is commonly used to treat high blood pressure and prevent migraines in children. But Merel Kindt and colleagues from the University of Amsterdam have found that it can do much…