Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223159 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Coronavirus and its Societal Impact - Highlights from WZB Research
Publisher: 
WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin
Abstract: 
Beyond the many choices and challenges humans face during the pandemic lies a constant cognitive trade-off: Those who excessively absorb news against uncertainty run the risk of impaired cognitive functions.
Subjects: 
cognition
cognitive ability
concentration
contagious disease
Coronavirus
COVID-19
epidemic
security
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Research Report
Document Version: 
Published Version






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