Are Smartphones Making Us Dumb?

Looking for ways to help your students cope better with smartphone dependence?
This program can help students address the many problems that smartphones are creating. Learning outcomes, resilience, curiosity, tolerance and emotional intelligence are all declining whilst stress, anxiety, depression and suicide are rising. Students will learn about the evolution of the modern smartphone and the applications that influence so much of our lives.
They will also learn how our brains learn and adapt, and why modern technology can be addictive and potentially harmful. They will hear about why it is important to disconnect from their devices to improve their wellbeing.

Students will learn simple strategies to get back the time and motivation to connect, socialise, innovate, contribute and live in the real world.

In an informative and challenging presentation, Dr Mark covers:

• The rise of the smart phone
• The neuroscience of learning and memory, and why smartphones are damaging
• The neuroscience of addiction, why smartphones are addictive and how to avoid it
• The neuroscience of empathy and why smartphones are having an impact
• The relationship between screen use, depression and suicide
• Ways to minimise the potential effects

He will end with a series of helpful tips and strategies that we can all easily implement to get smartphone use under control for both adults and teenagers.