What Masud Husain thinks about social media

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Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford, whose research covers apathy, motivation, attention and Alzheimer's disease.

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1. 24 Aug 2026

   Our readingThe evidence that scrolling social media delivers dopamine hits is not really very strong, whatever the popular story says.

   motivation

   Their wordsOne is yes, I agree with you that this sort of behavior, doom scrolling, etc. occurs, but I think the evidence that there are dopamine hits when you're doing this isn't really very strong.

   ↗How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husainyoutube.com 15th of 24 in this recording