{"id":205795,"date":"2025-02-07T03:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/even-brief-exposure-to-polluted-air-can-cloud-your-mind-and-slow-your-thinking"},"modified":"2025-02-07T03:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:13:14","slug":"even-brief-exposure-to-polluted-air-can-cloud-your-mind-and-slow-your-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/even-brief-exposure-to-polluted-air-can-cloud-your-mind-and-slow-your-thinking","title":{"rendered":"Even Brief Exposure to Polluted Air Can Cloud Your Mind and Slow Your Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/even-brief-exposure-to-polluted-air-can-cloud-your-mind-and-slow-your-thinking.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study reveals that short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution can reduce a person\u2019s ability to focus and interpret emotions, potentially making everyday tasks \u2014 like grocery shopping \u2014 more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists found that even brief exposure to high levels of PM can impair concentration, increase distractibility, and affect social behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study reveals that short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution can reduce a person\u2019s ability to focus and interpret emotions, potentially making everyday tasks \u2014 like grocery shopping \u2014 more difficult. Scientists found that even brief exposure to high levels of PM can impair concentration, increase distractibility, and affect social behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}