This chapter examines addiction, specifically social media and gambling addiction. The guest explains how social media affects our brain and discusses the role of dopamine in addiction. The chapter ends with a teaser for the next episode of StarTalk and news about Neil deGrasse Tyson's new book.
Can you get addicted to anything? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science of addiction, dopamine pathways, and what social media is doing to our brains with psychiatrist, Anna Lembke.
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