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Radio Replay: Life, Interrupted

What price do we pay for the constant interruptions we get from our phones and computers? Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam gets electrodes strapped to his head to test a high-tech solution.
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Many of us react to the buzzes and beeps that come from our phones with the urgency of a parent responding to a baby's cry. We can't help but pick up our phone and look at

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