AI is transforming how we think and work—but at a cognitive cost. This piece explores “AI brain fry,” the pressures driving it, and how we can protect focus, clarity, and well-being.

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Wondering why you walked into a room? Feeling less effective at work? Overwhelmed with household tasks? Forgetting appointments? Do you have cloudy thinking or a sluggish thought process? Struggling ...

On its own, cognitive overload in lawyers may seem to be an inalienable part of working in a law firm. But when examined more closely, cognitive overload should be a cause for concern for both lawyers ...

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Brain fry” is a new workplace phenomenon linked to heavy AI use, defined as mental fatigue caused by excessive interaction with or oversight of AI tools.

How do you envision AI changing the day-to-day reality for healthcare providers and the broader care delivery system? AI, when providing actionable intelligence to enhance human expertise rather than ...

Memory and cognitive symptoms were tied to self-reported sleep apnea, cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) showed. In a survey of more than 4,200 U.S ...

I write a lot about productivity, which means I also read a lot about it. Over the last few months, I've noticed an uptick in people discussing something called "cognitive overload," citing it as a ...