I have uploaded two new videos to my Video Archive. The first video discusses Improving Focus and the “ecology of attention,” highlighting how attention is much more social than most of us realize. The second video addresses Listening without Looking…
Dr. Adam Cox
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Our Weird, Loopy Understanding of Gaming Addiction
Our era is largely defined by fascination with games. All kinds of games. Sports enjoy high status as entertainment. The vast majority have multiple games on handheld devices, and boys crave time on gaming platforms or laptops which can…
Posted in Adolescence, Boys, Brain, College, Psychology of Youth, Society & Culture, Teaching Tagged with: Addiction, Brain, Competition, Depression, Gaming, Gaming Addiction, Life Purpose, Neuroscience, Online communication, Parenting, Purpose, Work
Relationship and Relevance Win Every Time!
It’s that time of the year when psychologists like myself are doing end of the year, academic consultations at schools. The focus is on trying to summarize the progress of the current school year, and set goals for the…
Posted in Teaching, Uncategorized Tagged with: Boys, Education, Girls, Online communication, Parenting, Purpose
The Truth Won’t Be Suppressed
It was more than a decade ago that I began writing and speaking about the social and emotional challenges of boys. Believe it or not, a decade ago this was still a controversial position to take. After I wrote Boys…
Posted in Boys Tagged with: Education, Executive Functions, Online communication, Parenting, Reading
All Social Contact Is Not Created Equal
Would most people agree that social contact is rapidly increasing? I believe so. But most would also agree that our understanding of what social contact means has broadened to include all forms of electronic contact. In fact, most social contact…
