The Nuance

How Short Information Breaks Help Your Brain

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

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
4 min readFeb 16, 2022

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Photo by Ben Tofan on Unsplash

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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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.