How Social Media Rewires Your Brain
By Owen Blackwood
Length46m
About this audiobook
Dopamine manipulation, attention hijacking, and the neurological changes from constant digital engagement with platforms designed for addiction deliberately. This neuroscience application reveals exactly how platforms engineer addiction through variable rewards and infinite feeds deliberately. Learn what social media literally does to your brain and behavior patterns and why you can't stop scrolling even when you know it's harming you.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenrePolitics and Government, Technology
Length46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 15, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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