{"id":11981,"date":"2025-06-24T23:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11981\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T23:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:26:08","slug":"04-brain-rot-is-internet-addiction-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/11981\/","title":{"rendered":"04 | Brain Rot: Is internet addiction real?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plenty of people will say they are addicted to the internet. But how well-recognised, scientifically, is an addiction &#8230; to your screen?<\/p>\n<p>In episode four of Brain Rot, we dig into how behavioural addictions work.<\/p>\n<p>And we hear from self-described internet addicts about the treatment programs helping them manage their relationship with technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>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<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jillian and Kate<\/p>\n<p>Internet and Technology Addiction Anonymous members<\/p>\n<p>Hilarie Cash\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Psychologist and Co-Founder, reSTART<\/p>\n<p>Anna Lembke\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Anastasia Hronis\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clinical Psychologist; Author, The Dopamine Brain<\/p>\n<p>Dar Meshi<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor, Michigan State University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU List_unordered__yNZx8\" data-component=\"List\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Presenter: Ange Lavoipierre<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Producer: Fiona Pepper<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Senior Producer: James Bullen<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Sound Engineer: Tim Symonds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This story was made on the lands of the Gadigal and Menang Noongar peoples.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/eclinm\/article\/PIIS2589-5370(22)00182-1\/fulltext\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Changes and correlates of screen time in adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-09-13\/south-korean-children-seek-help-at-digital-detox-boot-camp\/6769766\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Internet-addicted South Korean children sent to digital detox boot camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plenty of people will say they are addicted to the internet. 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