24hr Monitoring of Brain’s Waste Removal System
Ingenious device enables our glymphatic organs to be monitored 24/7 to track the mysteries of the brain’s waster removal system
Praise for my “Tech on the Brain” Keynote Talk
Many people these days worry about what intensive tech use might be doing to their brains. In particular, there is concern about how overuse of genAI might lead to problems. Happily there’s plenty of evidence for me to talk about in my 60 min keynote and it’s been going down really well with professional audiences from a wide variety of different industries.
Book Review: “The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt
The scientific evidence regarding the impact of intensive technology use on young people has slowly but surely been accumulating over the past decade or so. The results are now in and the message is unequivocal: excessive use of screens is screwing our kids up.
Should the UK ban smartphones for under 16s?
A petition has been lodged with the UK parliament to consider banning smartphones for all under 16s on the basis of the suffering it has caused many young people over the past decade or so.
Adolescent Brains in the 21st Century by Dr Jack
Adolescence is a time of trial and error, of the highest emotional highs and the lowest lows. By adulthood most of us have accrued enough experience to have an instinct on the right way to deal with most situations. But adults often forget that as children our instincts were usually very unreliable because, without enough time to develop extensive experience, instincts are driven primarily by the urge to experiment.
Poverty of Empathy and Smartphone Overuse
People who overuse their smartphones may gradually find themselves behaving in an increasingly anti-social manner compared to those who use them in moderation. It could even trigger a slide back into the incivility of previous ages.
Another Year of Brain Tweets
Each year I look back on a year’s worth of brain tweets to see what’s been trending recently… here they’re carefully sorted & categorised for your delectation
Adverts Encouraging Use of Tech to Subdue Kids Could End In Tears
Advertisers are encouraging parents to use technology to mesmerize their kids into silence in a way that may well end up hindering their neurodevelopment.
How Virtual Environments Shape Your Brain by Dr Jack Lewis
My message is simple. Stop and think about your use of technology for a moment to consider whether the likely changes to your brain will serve you and those around you better or worse after the re-modelling has taken place.
Dr Jack Double Whammy on Mon 4th July
On Monday 4th July Dr Jack will be back on This Morning between 10.30-12.30 (ITV1). Later on at 20.00 on the same day, the first episode of his new series “The Tech Show” will be launched on Discovery Science; followed immediately afterwards by the second episode at 20.30.