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Reduce Social Media and Email Use

Make some effort to reduce time spent on social media and email to limit excessive incoming input, preserve mental clarity and creativity, and reduce unnecessary activation of threat/reward circuitry.

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I think even if people don't reduce to one hour per week, I think that making some effort toward reducing the amount of incoming, as you said, controlling the top-down inputs to the amygdala, but also to the rest of the brain involved in creative processing, et cetera, is so key and we actually do have agency.

huberman · The Biology of Social Interactions & Emotions | Dr. Kay Tye · Feb 5, 2024 · 37:09 · open ↗
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