09/03/2025
Is Your Smartphone Re-Wiring Your Brain?
Our phones may feel helpful—but excessive use can reshape your brain and leave lasting effects. Chronic screen time is linked to:
👉Shrinking gray matter and thinning of the cerebral cortex (impacting memory, decision-making, emotional regulation)
👉A heightened dopamine-driven pleasure-pain cycle, rewiring neural reward pathways
👉Increased risks of anxiety, depression, fatigue, memory changes, and sleep disruptions
https://www.brixwellnessvictoria.com/post/is-your-smartphone-re-wiring-your-brain
Spend any time observing people, and you’ll see heads down, fingers engaged, and eyes glued to screens. Smartphones put us in a trance, reinforcing our fragile human brains to keep tapping and swiping. What we are witnessing is a re-wiring of the brain, putting the pleasure-pain cycle on overdrive...