Why everyone is hung up on smartphone addiction

Cyber Synapse Podcast

I'm joined by Dean Burnett who is a proper Neuroscientist with a background in lecturing in the domain of mental health...so he knows what he's on about when it comes to the topic of addiction, and whether smartphone addiction is a real thing. Hint: it's not.

I asked Dean onto the show because he's written a new book called "why your parents are hung up on your phone and what to do about it" aimed at the teens who are the subject matter of much of the current narrative surrounding this issue.

Dean is a writer for the BBC science focus magazine and he used ot write for The Guardian helping people understand how brains affect us in the real world and so his latest book is discussed here at length. Dean recently appeared on a BBC Sunday morning show and was not given the time to explain about the current 'chicken little' of smartphone panic about them being an addiction so I asked him on the podcast to tell us about it... spoiler is you will learn some neuroscience about this clinical diagnosis and it might just change your mind = Neuroplasticity (not sorry- this is my small neuro-nerd joke here)

Go grab a coffee and listen in, as this is a most excellent podcast to begin my first video version here on Spotify. So I'm calling it a new season so here we go!

You can find Dean on social media talking about his work, cat and dog under the handle @garwboy and his website is www.deanburnett.com