Healthy Living: Avoiding ‘popcorn brain’ in the digital world

Published July 23, 2026 12:29 PM PDT
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If your mind sometimes feels like it's jumping from one topic to another like kernels popping, you might be suffering from the latest social media wellness topic — popcorn brain!

Joining Studio 13 Live to explain the science behind it and how to counteract it is Dr. Patricia Egwuatu, family medicine physician with Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center.

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