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How to Increase Compliance in Children

February 22, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Whether your child ignores your commands completely, or dawdles for what seems like endless amounts of time before eventually complying, parents are often frustrated when […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: addiction, cell phones, happiness, health, worry

How We Can Become Addicted to Technology

September 8, 2015 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

We all know what it feels like to be tethered to technology these days. It’s not just our kids – it’s the rest of us […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You Tagged With: addicted to technology, B.F. Skinner, behavioral responses, cell phones, compulsive checking, email, reinforcement, reward, technology addiction, variable ratio reinforcement schedule

Modeling Balanced Screen Time as Parents

March 31, 2015 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

By now, we’ve all probably seen the Gandhi quote, “Be the change you want to see in the world” on a bumper sticker or heard it […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: balanced, be the change, cell phones, modeling, screen time, tech habits, technology

Are Cell Phones Harmful to Your Brain?

May 1, 2010 by Dr. Mike Brooks 1 Comment

Now, you first might think I’m an alarmist, but I can assure you that I don’t tend to be. I’ve had a cell phone of […]

Filed Under: Brain & Neuroscience, Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being Tagged With: brain, cancer, cell phones, harmful, radiation

Cell Phone Use Can Lead to Insomnia

March 5, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

This is from an article in Aug/Sep 2008 issue of Scientific American Mind by R. Douglas Fields: It appears that cell phone use prior to […]

Filed Under: Brain & Neuroscience, Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being Tagged With: cell phones, insomnia, sleep, sleeping

Teens & "Sexting"

January 25, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I discussed teens & cell phones (particularly texting addiction) in my previous post. A new problem that has arisen in recent years is teens engaging […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Parenting Tagged With: adolescents, cell phones, parenting, parents, sexting, teens, texting

Can Texting Be Damaging for Teens?

January 20, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I was recently interviewed by Fox News here in Austin about whether excessive texting can be damaging for teens. Here is a link to that […]

Filed Under: Cyberpsychology - Technology and You, Happiness & Well-Being, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: addiction, cell phones, technology, teens, texting

Mindfulness & Using the Cell While Driving

February 25, 2008 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Okay, I already posted on this already, but I just heard some statistics on the radio (I forget the name of the agency behind the […]

Filed Under: ADD/ADHD, Happiness & Well-Being, Mindfulness Tagged With: awareness, cell phones, driving, Mindfulness, safety, talking

Cell Phone Follies

January 10, 2008 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

The next time you are driving and considering making a call (or answering one) on the cell, ask yourself whether this is really necessary. The […]

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