<p>#mentalhealth #addiction #gaming #neuroscience&nbsp;</p> <p>Dr. Mari Swingle Author of i-Minds joins Dr. Brian Razzino on the mental health podcast Bitesized Therapy to talk Internet Addiction and the affect on gaming on mental health</p> <p><br></p> <p>Key Moments:</p> <p>0:00</p> <p>0:58 Show Start Internet Addiction Dr Mari Swingle</p> <p>1:38 Unique Brain Wave Pattern Marker for Internet Addiction</p> <p>2:38 IA or Screen Addiction</p> <p>2:49 What Does IA Alpha Brain Waves Look Like?</p> <p>3:18 Alpha Signature Screen Addiction</p> <p>3:46 Subjective States Alpha Wave Spike</p> <p>4:12 Alpha is the magic brain wave explanation</p> <p>5:40 Kids Behavioral Issues</p> <p>6:36 Kids Creativity Hijacked by gaming</p> <p>7:39 Outliers&nbsp;</p> <p>7:54 Brain Body Illnesses Fibromyalgia Chronic Fatigue</p> <p>8:28 What makes you an addict?</p> <p>8:54 Kids Sleeping Less</p> <p>9:21 Behaviors Parents Should Look For</p> <p>9:40 Gamers Industry Cherry Picks Research</p> <p>10:10 Types of Alpha Brain Waves</p> <p>10:48 Alcohol Example What are the effects</p> <p>12:14 Game Companies Design games to be addictive</p> <p>12:52 How Alcohol affects the brain will depend on individual</p> <p>13:43 Genes Matter</p> <p>14:35 Kids with Neurodivergence Issues</p> <p>15:34 You have to feed an active brain or it will look for other things</p> <p>16:16 ADHD Children Spectrum DON’T PERMIT TECH!</p> <p>17:12 Neuronal Pruning</p> <p>18:05 Autism Gaming acts as analgesic</p> <p>19:05 Tinnitus</p> <p>19:40 Lack of ability to read facial ques</p> <p>21:19 Brain Waves don’t lie</p> <p>22:20 9 yr old with focus and anxiety issues alpha brain wave changes gaming</p> <p>23:10 18 Yr old anxiety</p> <p>23:33 Theta Waves back of brain = anxiety</p> <p>23:49 Theta Brain Wave explanation</p> <p>24:08 Beta Brain Wave explanation</p> <p>24:57 Gaming and anxiety is inverse relationship</p> <p>26:47 NFL and gamers Both Get brain Damage from their sport Professional Gamer story</p> <p>29:27 When people stop gaming brain recovers 90 days</p> <p>30:30 Healthy Theta Beta Ratio</p> <p>32:03 Connection Critical caregiver and child</p> <p>33:30 Parents Screen Use = Silent Treatment</p> <p>36:18 Temporal Sequencing reading face vs gaming</p> <p>37:00 Public Health Crisis</p> <p>38:54 Age Ranges to look out for tech use</p> <p>40:00 Compliment not an override</p> <p>41:00 Smile response issue with kids</p> <p>42:10 Playing in nature vs electronics</p> <p>42:34 Urban/Rural Issue?</p> <p>44:04 Poverty of environment</p> <p>46:15 Parenting Trap</p> <p>http://www.drmariswingle.com/</p> <p>http://www.drmariswingle.com/i-minds-book/</p> <p>http://www.drmariswingle.com/about-dr-mari/</p> <p>Dr. Mari K. Swingle (AKA Dr. Mari)</p> <p>Mari K. Swingle, PhD, is a Board-Certified Neurotherapist (2000), BCIA Fellow (2010), Senior Fellow (2017), AAPB Fellow 2020. She has Level Two Certification in EMDR, EFT, Level One Craniosacral Therapy, and practices under RCC Designation. Dr. Mari speaks regularly on the topic of technology, societal shifts, and mental health. She is also the Author of i-Minds: How Cell Phones, Computers, Gaming and Social Media are Changing Our Brains, Our Behavior, and the Evolution of Our Species. –And i-Minds 2.0 (Second Edition): How and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it (available April 2019).</p>