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Do Not Disturb

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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How to Learn a Response to a Sound

Even the most innocuous sounds can mess with your mind, if they mean something to you. In psychology, it's called stimulus response behavior. A shrill, loud sound will stimulate more nerve cells than a quieter, lower pitch one. Studies have shown that we're not just experiencing short-term distraction, but our habits are leading to more serious symptoms of ADHD.

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