
Brains are bad at big numbers, making it impossible to grasp what a million COVID-19 deaths really means - COVID-19
Guest Author • Apr 04, 2022 •
Lindsey Hasak, Stanford University and Elizabeth Y. Toomarian, Stanford University As of April 2022, there have been nearly 1 million confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. For most people, visualizing what a million of anything looks like is an impossible task. The human brain just isn’t built to comprehend such large numbers. We are two neuroscientists who study the … Read More