TikTok, Instagram and YouTube clips are designed to overwhelm the brain's pleasure circuitry and keep people watching.

Edited by Ben Knight For many of us, the day often starts with a swipe. Before getting out of bed, we might scroll through ...

Watching fragmented short videos rather than a single continuous video leads to poorer memory recall and alters how the brain retrieves information. A recent experiment revealed that fast-paced ...

Many of us have gotten into the habit of listening to podcasts, audiobooks and other online content at increased playback speeds. For younger people, it might even be the norm. One survey of students ...

“Sludge content” is a type of viral video that features multiple clips playing simultaneously on a screen. Experts unpack what it may be doing to the brain Have you ever tried to watch a cooking show, ...

The TikTokification of social media has created a landscape that caters to shorter videos, which is likely having a profound effect on the attention spans of some of our most impressionable ...

These days, almost everything is available in the form of quick, bite-sized content—from recipes and skincare tips to news updates. You may find yourself swiping through reels, tapping through stories ...

In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel talks with the business writer Ed Elson about the rise of the “clip economy”—the idea that short video clips pulled from podcasts, livestreams, and ...