Here’s what happens to your brain when you take a break from social media
From dopamine deficits to withdrawal symptoms, detoxing from social media can be challenging. This is how to make it work for ...
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Expert explains what happens to your brain when you stop using social media
Research has found that those of us who take a break from social media actually gain more self-confidence along with many ...
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Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here's how to stop the social media brain rot
Relentless activity on social media is causing brain rot. But don't worry, there are ways to prevent that happening.
Social media, brain rot and the slow death of reading
My job as a book critic used to elicit envy at cocktail parties, with people fantasising about a life spent reading. Now it’s ...
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The negative impact of social media and electronics use
It is no secret that access to technology has grown exponentially in the last decade. The internet holds a vast amount of ...
Perspective: The solution for ‘brain rot’ is on your bookshelf
On the official Oxford University Press website we learn that brain rot is “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental ...
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The effects of ‘brain rot’: How junk content is damaging our minds
Social media addiction can reduce grey matter, shorten attention spans, weaken memory, and distort core cognitive functions, ...
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Social media, brain rot and the slow death of reading
Social media is designed to hijack our attention with ... Come Home: The Reading Brain In A Digital World, while our brains are primed for language acquisition, they are not innately programmed ...