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You Can’t Measure Transcendence

July 13, 2019 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

You Can’t Measure Transcendence

Here’s my family scene from a few of months ago: My wife and I were at the airport waiting for […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being

Making Sense of Suicide

June 28, 2018 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Making Sense of Suicide

Many of us were rocked by the recent suicides of icons Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade. Suicide is always tragic, no […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Tagged With: Anthony Bourdain depression happiness hedonic adaptation hedonic treadmill Kate Spade suicide

Why Don’t Our Screens Make Us A LOT Happier?

May 31, 2018 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Why Don’t Our Screens Make Us A LOT Happier?

The great news is this: The sky is NOT falling. Despite some of the doomsday headlines, Generation Z is not going to […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: happiness hedonic adaptation hedonic treadmill phubbing self-determination theory sleep technoference

Do Our Screens Make Us Any Happier?

May 26, 2018 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Do Our Screens Make Us Any Happier?

Since you are reading this blog, you are likely old enough to remember “The Before.” You remember a time before […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Social Media Tech Addiction Tagged With: addiction depression FOMO happiness screens smartphones social media

Are the Kids Alright?

April 2, 2018 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Are the Kids Alright?

I recently was interviewed by Tara Parker-Pope of the the New York Times for a story she did entitled, “Are […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Social Media Tech Balance Well-Being Tagged With: anxiety Ferguson Generation Z happiness Moral Combat moral panic Parker-Pope

Improve Happiness with Screens

March 10, 2018 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Improve Happiness with Screens

In my previous blog, I brought up the fundamental problem with our screens. Our overuse of screens can interfere with […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Relationships Social Media Tagged With: happiness improve happiness relationships screens Sherry Turkle smartphones

The Fundamental Problem with Screens

February 16, 2018 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

The Fundamental Problem with Screens

We love our screens, and certainly they offer many benefits. But there is a fundamental problem with screens that might […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Relationships Social Media Tagged With: depression happiness mismatch diseases psychological needs self-determination theory social media

The Magic of Friendship

January 4, 2018 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

The Magic of Friendship

I’m a longtime fan of “alternative” music. While it’s hard for me to keep up with the many great bands […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Relationships Social Media Tagged With: bros friendships happiness magic of friendship smartphones social media wolf alice

Experiences Over Things

December 21, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Experiences Over Things

Although I’ve been blogging about the hooks of tech for a bit now, I want to do a little pivot. […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being Relationships Tagged With: experiences happiness hedonic adaptation hedonic treadmill relationships

Smartphone Addiction and the Brain

December 8, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Smartphone Addiction and the Brain

If you are old enough, you might remember the old public service commercial about a frying egg representing “your brain […]

Filed Under: Brain & Neuroscience Tech Addiction Tagged With: addictive behavioral addictions brain compulsion compulsive compulsive checking drugs smartphone addiction smartphones

Variable Reinforcement and Screens

October 31, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Variable Reinforcement and Screens

We all know what it feels like to be tethered to technology these days. It’s not just our kids – […]

Filed Under: Tech Addiction Tech Balance Tagged With: B.F. Skinner compulsive checking reinforcement reward screen addiction smartphones technology addiction variable reinforcement schedule

Technology as Supernormal Stimuli

October 29, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Technology as Supernormal Stimuli

In my previous blogs, I described the pull of technology as well as how classical conditioning and smartphones create a […]

Filed Under: Tech Addiction Tagged With: gaming pornography supernormal stimuli supernormal stimulus technology Tinbergen

Classical Conditioning and Smartphones

October 22, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Classical Conditioning and Smartphones

Why do smartphones and other technologies have such a pull on us? We all feel it nowadays. We clutch our […]

Filed Under: Brain & Neuroscience Happiness & Well-Being Tagged With: brain drain classical conditioning continuous partial attention Pavlov Pavlov's dogs smartphones

The Pull of Screens

October 11, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

The Pull of Screens

We all experience it. We all feel it on a daily basis. It is the the pull of screens. Screens […]

Filed Under: Tech Addiction Well-Being Tagged With: autonomy competence happiness psychological needs relatedness relationships screen time screens self-determination theory

Life as a Video Game

September 18, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Life as a Video Game

First, let’s get this out of the way. Our lives aren’t much like a video game. But there are a […]

Filed Under: Gaming Well-Being Tagged With: Halo happiness health meter recharge video game

Why Balance Screen Use?

August 24, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Why Balance Screen Use?

Whew! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted because I’ve been working hard on my upcoming book. The title is now […]

Filed Under: Limiting Tech Well-Being Tagged With: balance distracted driving happiness screens technology

The FOMO Problem

May 21, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

The FOMO Problem

We have a FOMO problem. Chances are that you are already familiar with the term FOMO. As you probably know, […]

Filed Under: Social Media Well-Being Tagged With: curated self Dunbar's number FOMO FOMO problem social comparison

The Future of Social Media?

March 31, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

The Future of Social Media?

. At the urging of my good friend and colleague, Dr. Jon Lasser (and co-author of our upcoming book, tentatively […]

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Black Mirror happiness Nosedive relationships social media

Is Social Media Causing Greater Social Isolation?

March 10, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Is Social Media Causing Greater Social Isolation?

We are more connected, in ways, than ever before. With our smartphones and social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and […]

Filed Under: Well-Being Tagged With: depression Facebook happiness social isolation social media

Relationships Are the Key to Happiness

March 2, 2017 by Dr. Brooks Leave a Comment

Relationships Are the Key to Happiness

Relationships are the key to happiness in life. There are countless studies that support this truth. One powerful example comes […]

Filed Under: Well-Being Tagged With: depression evolutionary happiness rejection relationships social media

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