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Attention Capture
Entry #0783
The reason a number in a headline stops the scroll
A number stops the scroll because digits break the visual uniformity of text, creating a pop-out that the brain registers as concrete, processable information.
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The digit does not summarise the article — it hijacks the gaze. By the time the reader processes what the number means, they have already stopped scrolling.