What happens to our brains when we watch videos at faster speeds than normal?

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https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c3vd7nnwlzvo

I wanted to share this article here, which I found very interesting:

What happens to our brains when we watch videos at faster speeds than normal?

As I said, I wanted to introduce it to you because I'm one of those people who watches almost all their content, especially on computers, phones, and tablets, at high speeds. So, I also want to tell you a little about my experience. And, obviously, I want to hear yours... but that's at the end.

Cognitive overload when consuming accelerated content

Basically, this entire section of the article says, in a nutshell (although you can find the full article), that consuming content at high speeds can lead to cognitive overload.
In short, the brain can only handle a certain amount of information, and when you're speeding up—that is, when you watch videos faster—what's happening is that the brain can't process all that information.

This basically results in a loss of information. I'm summarizing this a lot, but again: you can read the full article at your leisure.

My personal experience watching content at high speed

I summarize everything they mentioned in the first part in this idea of cognitive overload.
In my case, as I said, I'm one of those people.
And I think one of the problems I have when watching content at high speeds is that I tend to speak very quickly. Because of this, I sometimes miss a word (as I'm sure happened to me in this video). And I think that's why, although the article doesn't mention it.

It's a habit I've tried to correct because I've been criticized a bit for it, but it's been hard. I think I've slowed down a bit compared to how I started, but it's still hard for me.
And again, I think it's because of this: now when I play content at normal speed, it feels slow.

I don't speed up all the content.

I also want to clarify that the content I consume at high speeds is rather generic content, flat content, so to speak.
That is, I'm not going to watch a course on, say, Flutter, Django, or something technical at accelerated speed because I won't be able to grasp anything.

Mostly, I speed through informative content, or even sometimes an anime that doesn't interest me much. If I'm on the computer, a little relaxed at work, I put it on high speed to finish it quickly, more or less watch what interests me, and move on to the next piece of content. It's that kind of content.

Are there benefits to consuming content quickly?

It's also important to mention that, in theory, these effects could be positive.
And I think that's what happens to me too: a greater capacity to handle a greater cognitive load. That is, more information.

Even if you load content faster, one of the advantages is that you can view more content in less time.
Some people—and I think I'm in that group—can handle that information perfectly.

Like everything in life, not everything is black and white. There are many shades of gray.
Everyone handles this differently.