Social Media, Dopamine, and Stress: Converging Pathways – Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science
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Social Media, Dopamine, and Stress: Converging Pathways – Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science
EFFECTS OF ADDICTION ON DOPAMINE RECEPTORS
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
In many cases, porn usage can lead to anxiety and depression, perhaps because, as a superstimulus, it can make our mind more anxious and reliant upon dopamine.
Chris Bailey • How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times
Smartphones provide a nearly endless stream of potential dopamine: a ‘positive social interaction’, or something resembling it, is always but a swipe away. As a result, we’re often mindlessly reaching for our phones without really knowing why and, if we cannot find our phone, we may feel a pang of anxiety.When we sit down to work, our brains don’t ... See more
Substack • Hardly Working
The massive behavioral conditioning we’ve all been undergoing since the advent of ubiquitous electronic communications technology has changed us radically. But this dramatic, if not epochal, change is underappreciated. It’s underappreciated because we’re living in it as it happens, like frogs in cold water that slowly gets heated up without the fro
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