Exploring how we think and learn with neuroscientist Dr Mark Williams
Update: 2022-12-21
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Are smartphones making us dumber? Cognitive neuroscientist Dr Mark Williams reckons they could be!
Mark's journey began in regional Victoria amidst a challenging family environment and feeling disengaged at school. Curious about how we think and learn, Mark ventured into a neuroscience career, working for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Australian universities over the past 25 years.
Tune in as we touch on the rise of the attention economy, social media, brain plasticity, the neuroscientific differences between reading from paper vs a screen and the alarming new research that links increased screen time to ADHD-like behaviours.
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