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Whenever I speak at a conference, someone always asks me to weigh in on the controversy surrounding whether or not to label excessive cyber behaviors as addiction. I usually begin to tackle such questions by sharing conversations I have had with video game designers, marketing strategists, and industry executives. These people understand how the brain works, and they use this knowledge to desi…
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“Phil, he had 11 tornadoes for the month of April,” Becca told her husband. Phil had no idea what she was talking about. “What, are they studying the weather?” Phil asked. “No,” Becca fired back, her face snarled. “The teacher has a chart at the front of the room with every child’s name on it. They get a daily grade for their behavior. Most kids get a ‘partly sunny…
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Connection addiction: a look at the impact of the Internet on the brain.
I will be on All Sides with Ann Fisher on July 18th, 2012. The full line up is below:
Guests
Dr. Gary Small, Director, Longevity Center, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA;
Dr. Pauline Wallin, member and past President, Media Psychology Division, American Psychological Association;
Kevi…
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We have just finished Day 1 of our Training Your Dragons Camp for ADHD boys (7-11). The camp is rooted in scientific data that suggest that frequent rewarding of target behaviors in ADHD children produces significant, behavior-changing outcomes. There is one staff member for every two campers. Each staff member monitors the two boys under his or her tutelage throughout the day. Every time…
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A recent study from the journal Nature Neuroscience suggests that teens who struggle with substance abuse and those with ADHD have somewhat different cerebral profiles, specifically in terms of impulsivity, a feature of both conditions. Both groups exhibit impulsivity, but that trait appears to derive from different areas of the brain. Among the teens who had tried alcohol, cigarettes or other…