Free links with my research or opinions on digital media, AI, and cognitive concerns

• Listen to my interview on the Science Friction ABC Radio National episode on Brain Rot (4/6/25).

• Forbes: Digital Detox For Leaders: Combating The Cognitive Toll Of Screens

• ABC News: Fact Check Team: 'Brain rot' named Oxford Dictionary's word of the year

• The Advertiser: Online gaming addiction: How to help a child addicted to playing Minecraft, Fortnite or Roblox

• Neoscope: "Brain Rot" Is Poisoning Our Minds

• El Pais: The effects of ‘brain rot’: How junk content is damaging our minds

• ABC: Ditching your smartphone won't stop you being distracted, study finds

• Brain power or what the abuse of junk content on the internet can do to the mind

• Science News Explore: Artificial intelligence is making it hard to tell truth from fiction

• Appeared on 2ser Radio talking about Cognitive Abilities and Screen Use

• The Lighthouse: Problem screen use hits attention and higher-level thinking: study

• The Conversation: Does screen use really impact our thinking skills? Our analysis suggests it could

• Featured in The Conversation: AI-generated faces look just like real ones – but evidence shows your brain can tell the difference

• Adelaide Now: ‘If our child suicides that would actually be a relief’: Weary parents admit horror of screen addiction

• Daily Telegraph: Artificial Intelligence experts, NSW Police warn of rise in ‘deepfake’ porn

• Inverse: AI-generated Photos Take Advantage of These Optical Illusions — Here’s How to Stump Them

• Fox News: Humans stumped on difference between real or AI-generated images: study

• PsyPost: People frequently perceive AI-generated faces as more authentic than real faces, study finds

• Herald Sun: Nomophobia — the fear of being without your mobile phone — affecting everyone with devices

• Invited by ABC Canberra Radio to speak on Nomophobia

• Invited by The Wire (radio) to speak on Phone Distraction

• Canberra Times: Serious fear: Have you got nomophobia?

• Lighthouse: How to put your phone down – tips from a psychologist

• Cosmos: Which of these pictures is a deepfake? Your brain knows the answer before you do

• The Independent: Human brain might subconsciously be able to detect deepfakes, study suggests