“We Look at the Phone Every Time We Have Nothing to do.” Neuroscientist Ben Ryan Talks About Modern People's Loneliness and the Dangers of Social Networks for the Brain

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Ben Ryan is a neuroscientist, human brain researcher, chief researcher at the Mind Science Foundation, a lecturer at Stanford University and a science popularizer. The Current Time TV channel talked to him about how the modern Internet and the use of social networks affect the functioning of the human brain and whether to limit the use of these tools. Ryan noted that, like many people on Earth, he cannot imagine life without social networks. But…