The Nuance

The Neuroscience of News Overload

Information overload from news consumption is linked to both psychological disturbances and groupthink

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
5 min readSep 7, 2021

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Photo: Kev Costello / Unsplash

Two hundred years ago — yesterday, in evolutionary terms — most people went days or even weeks without encountering news that did not involve their local community.

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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.