about the raw power of nature and the hope is that being immensed in the great outdoors will help break the spell of screen addiction. that is better than a video game. come on. maybe. john! now several weeks into treatment, things are starting to look up for john. we kind of have a structure here. because we wake up around 7:00. we cook for ourselves and we do grocery shopping once a week. and then we have therapeutic groups or social activities. so doing that or just talking maybe. if i m willing to i guess. but that s one thing i m trying to work on, just talking more to peop people. it may not sound like much
ourselves, as well. how has this been affecting our brains? one of the ways is just by shifting the reward cycles that we are used to. so now rewards are very, very frequent and low value. but they happen rapidly and that changes essentially your cognitive style and how you like to be rewarded. the brain adam tells me interprets every text, alert or like as a reward. causing dope mean to surge in the pleasure center. over time, that can change how the mind works. training us to need more and more from our devices. it s a feedback loop that s hard to resist. and for some, that loop can spiral out of control and cross a line from mere distraction to addiction.
after years of looking the other way, while reaping huge profits, something big is happening in the tech world. well, some of apple s larngest shareholders are urging them to combat addiction. there s concerns i have about the technology will continue to erode our attention span. silicon valley insiders and whistle-blowers are going to the media in droves to sound the alarm about what they see as an unregulated, out of control industry. you re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology. and perhaps no group has been more vocal than the center for humane technology. what do you think about the importance of california and the strategy? i think it s highly likely california passes legislation. they re a group of concerned
john had a choice. give in to the darkness or find a way out. but how hard is that in a world where everyone s hooked? this addiction that we are seeing is not by accident. it s by design. i don t keep track of regrets.
own safety with flu season around the corner, do the same things you would do tho for that. cover your mouth when you cough and sneeze in your elbow and wash your hands, wash your hands. it really does seem to work. dr. sanjay gupta, thank you very much. technology is playing a new role in the mental health crisis and young people in particular are seeing actual affects of screen addiction. the latest show lisa lin meets with people who are having tech companies take responsibility. here is your look. reporter: i m at neuroscape, a lab in silicon valley that specializing the effects of technology on the brain. i ll measure your physiology while you do 9 test. reporter: a.j. is a researcher here and wiring me up with sensors that can detect micro changes in my skin. a pressure of stress. your job is to pay attention