Body Electric Part 5: The Mind-Body-Tech Connection
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Nov 17, 2023 Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Sahib Khalsa shares research on interoception and benefits of unplugging from tech to tune into our body signals. Discusses 'TikTok tics' outbreak and a school in DC promoting movement. Explores future tech for a healthier body-mind connection.
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TikTok-linked Teen Tic Outbreak
- Caroline Olvera encountered a sudden surge of severe, abrupt tics in teens unlike the gradual cases she’d seen before.
- She linked the outbreak to TikTok after her colleague's daughter noted similar videos spreading on the platform.
Modern Contagions Spread Faster
- Social media can accelerate mass psychogenic illness by spreading behaviors widely and quickly.
- The TikTok tic cases behaved like historical contagions but with a high-tech transmission route.
Interoception Shapes Emotion
- Interoception is the nervous system sensing and interpreting internal bodily states.
- Those internal signals shape emotions and behavior by providing critical context to experiences.