A Neuroscientist explains what Doomscrolling is doing to your brain

About this episode

Dr. Michael Keane discusses the effects of doomscrolling on the brain, touching on creativity, trauma, and social media use.

Dr. Michael Keane is a medical doctor and psychologist who holds a PHD in behavioural Neuroscience. We chat about creativity, trauma and social media use  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Blindboyboatclub

Guest: Dr. Michael Keane

Topics covered

• neuroscience
• doomscrolling
• social media
• creativity
• trauma

Keywords

• doomscrolling
• neuroscience
• social media
• creativity
• trauma

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Organizations: Acast

Books & works: The Blindboy Podcast

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