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TEDxDecaturPublicLibraryWomen

December 2019

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(Un)divided Attention in the Age of Cell Phone Distractions

Have you ever heard of "phubbing"? Have you ever phubbed someone yourself? Chances are that the answer is yes. If someone is phubbing you, why don't we speak up? What can we do make phubbing less of an insult? Blame it on your mother.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxDecaturPublicLibraryWomen, an independent event.

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Have you ever heard of "phubbing"? Have you ever phubbed someone yourself? Chances are that the answer is yes. If someone is phubbing you, why don't we speak up? What can we do make phubbing less of an insult? Blame it on your mother.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxDecaturPublicLibraryWomen, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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