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With social media sites being used by one third of the entire world,
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they've clearly had a major influence on society.
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But what about our bodies?
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Here are five crazy ways that social media and the internet are affecting your brain right now.
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Can't log off?
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Surprisingly, 5-10% of internet users are actually unable to control how much time they spend online.
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Though it's a psychological addiction as opposed to a substance addiction,
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brain scans of these people actually show a similar impairment of regions that those with drug dependence have.
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Specifically, there's a clear degradation of white matter in the regions that control emotional processing,
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attention, and decision making.
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Because social media provides immediate rewards with very little effort required,
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your brain begins to rewire itself,
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making you desire these stimulations,
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and you begin to crave more of this neurological excitement after each interaction.
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Sounds a little like a drug, right?
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We also see a shift when looking at multitasking.
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You might think that those who use social media or are constantly switched between work and websites are better at multitasking,
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but studies have found that when comparing heavy media users to others,
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they perform much worse during task switching tests.
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Increased multitasking online reduces your brain's ability to filter out interferences
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and can even make it harder for your brain to commit information to memory.
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Like when your phone buzzes in the middle of productive work.
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Or wait, did it even buzz?
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Phantom vibration syndrome is a relatively new psychological phenomenon where you think you felt your phone go off,
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but it didn't.
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In one study, 89% of test subjects said they experienced this at least once every two weeks.
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it would seem that our brains now perceive an itch as an actual vibration from our phone.
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As crazy as it seems,
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technology has begun to rewire our nervous system,
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and our brains are being triggered in a way they never have before in history.
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Social media also triggers a release of dopamine, the feel-good chemical.
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Using MRI scans, scientists found that the reward centers in people's brains are much more active
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when they're talking about their own views as opposed to listening to others.
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Not so surprising, we all love talking about ourselves, right?
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But it turns out that while 30-40% of face-to-face conversations involve communicating our own experiences,
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around 80% of social media communication is self-involved.
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The same part of your brain related to orgasms,
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motivation, and love are stimulated by your social media use,
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and even more so when you know you have an audience.
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Our body is physiologically rewarding us for talking about ourselves online.
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But it's not also self-involved.
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In fact, studies on relationships have found
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that partners tend to like each other more if they meet for the first time online rather than with a face-to-face interaction.
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Whether it's because people are more anonymous or perhaps more clear about their future goals,
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there's a statistical increase in successful partnerships that started online.
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So while the internet has changed our verbal communication with increased physical separation,
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perhaps the ones that matter the most end up even closer.
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Speaking of social media, we had you ask us questions on Twitter,
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Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Google+, and every other social platform we could find,
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and did a Q&A video over on ASAP Thought,
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so if you feel like getting some insider info on ASAP Science and behind the scenes,
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check it out with the link in the description.
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Ask it in the comments or on Facebook and Twitter.
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Deze video bevat 59 zinnen en 662 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:13. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 206 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| reward zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | beloning, prijs |
| interaction zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/ | wisselwerking, interactie |
| psychological bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩/ | psychologisch |
| trigger zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/ | trekker |
| addiction zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈdɪkˌʃən/ | verslaving, verslaafdheid |
| scan werkwoord | /skæn/ | afspeuren |
| buzz zelfstandig naamwoord | /bʌz/ | zoem |
| oppose werkwoord | /əˈpoʊz/ | tegenhouden, tegengaan |
| partnership zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/ | maatschap, partnerschap |
| compare werkwoord | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | vergelijken |
| commit werkwoord | /kəˈmɪt/ | toevertrouwen, toewijzen |
| filter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɪltɚ/ | filter |
| lover zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlʌvɚ/ | minnaar, minnares |
| substance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌbstəns/ | substantie |
| syndrome zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪndɹoʊm/ | syndroom |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen |
| go off werkwoord | afgaan |
| turn out werkwoord | uitvallen, resulteren |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 5 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, didn't, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, partnership /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, psychological /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, anonymous /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als reward, interaction, psychological.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have found · has begun · has changed |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | being triggered · are stimulated |
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.