Who has a longer attention span, a horse or a gold fish? In this weeks episode we take a peek at what science says about the 3 second rule we all learned growing up. Taking it a step farther we found out how long our horses can focus for a continuous time, the answer may surprise you! To top it off we start to explore some of the gray areas in regard to ethics ad research.

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