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A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politicsMany Americans are choosing not to engage with politics, instead sticking their heads in the sand to protect their mental health. iStock/Getty Images Plus

“I am definitely not following the news anymore,” one patient told me when I asked about her political news consumption in the weeks before the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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