A 4-Track Mind
21 min
This week, Radiolab explores how our brains handle multiple streams of information at once in "A 4-Track Mind," examining the surprising limits and hidden capabilities of human attention. The episode traces how we've come to understand consciousness not as a single spotlight but as something far messier and more fragmented than we typically assume.
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