The Nuance

Letting Go of Anger Helps the Brain Combat Misinformation

There’s new evidence that strong emotion — and, in particular, anger — may allow falsehoods to flourish

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
5 min readJan 21, 2021

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Illustration: Kieran Blakey

On January 8, two days after former president Donald Trump incited a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, a 57-year-old Texas man tweeted a list of the…

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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.