The term “information overload” was coined by social scientist Bertram Myron Gross, who used it to describe a phenomenon wherein a system lacks the capability to process a large volume of data. The ...

Our senses send more information to our brains than we can process. Every second, our brains receive around 11 million bits of information. But scientists estimate that our conscious minds can only ...

A new study published in August 2023 looked at “information overload” for parents (translation: when you feel overwhelmed and stressed by the amount of information available to you, resulting in ...

You can probably tell when your clients are drowning in too much information. Daily bombardments of intra-day trading figures, predictions of doom from TV experts who have no personal stake in the ...

Unsurprisingly, given the severe nature of the threat of COVID-19 and the economic downturn we are facing, experts are now predicting that the next “epidemic” will be an epidemic of mental illness and ...

Information overload occurs when you consume so much, from so many different sources, that it negatively impacts your judgment and well-being. During the early days of the pandemic, when it was ...

Information overload is emerging as a hidden safety risk in aviation. Synapse Aviation’s Airport Briefing reduces cognitive ...

We are all aware of the dangers of pollution to our air, water, and earth. In a recently published letter, scientists are advocating for the recognition and mitigation of another type of environmental ...

That's not information overload; it's practically electrocution. But the Pew study sheds some light on how U.S. consumers are dealing with the surge -- they're getting a little help from their friends ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In today’s increasingly digital world, endless amounts of information are readily available at our fingertips. But instead of being ...