Prof Dr Sven Lindberg on the Spotify podcast "Wissen Weekly"
Prof Dr Sven Lindberg conducts research at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the field of clinical developmental psychology, focusing on the importance of smartphones, among other things. A new episode of the Spotify original podcast "Wissen Weekly" with the Paderborn expert is now online. Under the title "Second Screen: Why do we always need distraction?", he talks about why many people hardly ever experience a series, a train journey or the end of the day on the sofa without a "second screen" and what consequences the constant flood of stimuli can have for attention, sleep and mental health.
"Our brain loves new stimuli - but it also needs phases in which nothing happens," says Prof Lindberg. "If we fill every gap with scrolling, streaming and second screens, the brain lacks the time to tidy up in peace: to sort memories, categorise feelings and really shut down. Multitasking feels like we're doing more, yet it's the surest way to get less done."
In conversation with presenter Lisa-Sophie Scheurell, Prof Lindberg explains how new stimuli appeal to the brain's reward system, why we keep reaching for our smartphones and what role the so-called "default mode network" - the brain's resting mode - plays in memory, creativity and emotion regulation. He makes it clear that it's not about technophobia, but about a conscious, balanced use of digital media in everyday life.
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