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Markham Heid

Feb 16

4 min read

The Nuance

How Short Information Breaks Help Your Brain

New research on ‘cognitive replay’ underscores the problem of information overload

People in the radio business call them “buttons.” They’re those short music clips you hear in between news segments on NPR and other stations.

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