{"id":211589,"date":"2025-06-24T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211589\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:08:09","slug":"04-brain-rot-is-internet-addiction-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211589\/","title":{"rendered":"04 | Brain Rot: Is internet addiction real?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plenty of people will say they are addicted to the internet. But how well-recognised, scientifically, is an addiction … to your screen?<\/p>\n

In episode four of Brain Rot, we dig into how behavioural addictions work.<\/p>\n

And we hear from self-described internet addicts about the treatment programs helping them manage their relationship with technology.<\/p>\n

Brain Rot is a new five part series from the ABC\u2019s Science Friction about how tech is changing our brains, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jillian and Kate<\/p>\n

Internet and Technology Addiction Anonymous members<\/p>\n

Hilarie Cash\u00a0<\/p>\n

Psychologist and Co-Founder, reSTART<\/p>\n

Anna Lembke\u00a0<\/p>\n

Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine<\/p>\n

Anastasia Hronis\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clinical Psychologist; Author, The Dopamine Brain<\/p>\n

Dar Meshi<\/p>\n

Associate Professor, Michigan State University<\/p>\n

Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n