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Metacognition Part 16: Social Media Dopamine – The Mechanism of Addiction to Likes
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- Columnist Lee Seon-yeong presents research showing that likes on social media stimulate the brain's dopamine reward circuit, making it difficult to stop scrolling.
- The column states that 4 in 10 Korean teenagers are at risk of smartphone overdependence, citing the at-risk rate for teen smartphone overdependence as 40.1%.
- The author recommends digital metacognition practices, such as pausing for three seconds before opening an app and keeping a dopamine diary, along with a one-week experiment.
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Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 메타인지 제 16편 : SNS 도파민 – 좋아요에 중독되는 메커니즘
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