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Social media drains our brains and impacts our decision making – podcast

  • Written by Mend Mariwany, Producer, The Conversation Weekly Podcast
imageSocial media can make us buy products we don't want, new research shows. Oscar Wong/Moment via Getty Images

Ever found yourself scrolling through social media late at night and accidentally buying something you regretted? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to an advertising expert about recent research into how social media...

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