Inattentional deafness: Why you can't hear when looking at your phone
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A new study shows that people who are focused on visual tasks actually can't hear what's going on around them because hearing and vision tap the same brain regions, according to a report published Tuesday in the Journal of Neuroscience.Dec. 10, 2015
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