Sort Your Brain Out
I recently presented a film for the charity GamCare, using VR to take someone on a tour of the brain regions involved in gambling. YouTuber and UK boxer Viddal popped in briefly for a quick interview about the impact of gambling on adolescent brains.
The ubiquitous availability of free internet pornography gradually adapts brains to prefer explicit images over the real thing. In some teenage boys who use it daily they end up aroused by porn, but not real sexual partners!
People who exercise regularly have lower rates of anxiety & depression, even boasting greater cortical thickness in the prefrontal cortex & medial temporal lobe
I finally took the time to categorize and tally as many of my recent Tweets as I could get my hands on to clarify what topics have been hottest in recent times.
Prosocial behaviours encouraged by volunteering enable young people to trust and be trusted – the glue that holds groups together to foster a sense of belonging.