Every few years, there seems to be some brain theory that appears to have immense explanatory power to a lot of people and turns out to be largely off the mark, like "left brain/right brain", "mirror neurons", and now "dopamine reward". Will this ever stop? And what's next?
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What I would really love to know - the addiction doesn't seem to be deeply linked to physiology (as with eg alcohol). Should make it breakable - what are the ways towards a more rational use of the timeline?
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I suspect that notifications etc. create a continuous regulation target, which in turn leads to the formation of behavioral clusters in the neocortex which get triggered by context plus regulation stimulus and then run the show.
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I have noticed in a totally-not-empirical way that some groups of people seem to be much more immune - Twitter, FB, etc do not catch on strongly with them. With others, some like Twitter do, but FB does not. Should also be interesting to investigate
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I think it depends on the needs that are being served. Do you use it instrumentally, to communicate with your friends, or terminally, to satisfy a need for belonging? etc.
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Reminds me of serotonin hypothesis, but again I am no expert. I am guessing this may also have to do with media presentation of a complex topic - "the interaction of neurotransmitters in different areas of the brain is largely unknown, but d. may have an effect" is not catchy
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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