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Digital Addiction

Avoiding Pitfalls of the Online World

Depression
The Online Social Experience and Limbic Resonance

Hilarie Cash Ph.D. on December 4, 2011

The more time we spend online, the more depressed we become. Why is this? The answer has to do with something called limbic resonance.

The more time we spend online, the more depressed we become. Why is this? The answer has to do with something called limbic resonance.

Addiction
Why Is It So Hard to Believe in a Behavioral Addiction?

Hilarie Cash Ph.D. on November 20, 2011

There are a lot of people who scoff at the idea of behavioral addictions. But neuroscience is revealing that what happens in the brain of a video game addict, a porn addict, an alcoholic, a gambler, and a pot-head is similar. 

There are a lot of people who scoff at the idea of behavioral addictions. But neuroscience is revealing that what happens in the brain of a video game addict, a porn addict, an alcoholic, a gambler, and a pot-head is similar.