Is Screen Time Robbing Your Brain? How to Fix It

About this episode

Dr. Tere Linzey discusses the impact of screen time on cognitive function and how neuroplasticity can help improve brain performance at any age.

Could your screen time be impairing your memory, learning ability, focus, and attention span? You could unintentionally be rewiring your brain the wrong way and that goes for kids as well as adults. Research shows excessive screen time can negatively affect sleep, concentration, working memory, emotional regulation, and attention span. For both children and adults, digital overload may contribute to mental fatigue, increased stress, reduced productivity, forgetfulness, and difficulty focusing for long periods of time. The good news is there are ways to strengthen and retrain the brain for better performance and brain optimization expert Dr. Tere Linzey explains how. What’s important is you can change the brain at any age. In this episode of Women Road Warriors with Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro, Dr. Linzey discusses how neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to form new neural connections and adapt throughout life can improve cognitive function at any age. Dr. Linzey is a Harvard and UC Berkeley-trained educational psychologist, certified in neuropsychology, and founder of BrainMatterZ, an internationally used brain optimization program. She’s also the author of “Measuring Up!”…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shelley Johnson, Kathy Tuccaro

Guest: Dr. Tere Linzey

Topics covered

• screen time
• neuroplasticity
• brain optimization
• cognitive function
• mental health
• memory improvement

Keywords

• screen time
• memory
• focus
• attention span
• neuroplasticity
• mental fatigue
• brain training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BrainMatterZ, Harvard, UC Berkeley

Books & works: Measuring Up!

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