Modern technology is changing the way our brains work

Published: Dec. 13, 2018, midnight

It is a crisis that would threaten long-held notions of who we are, what we do and how we behave.\n\nIt goes right to the heart - or the head - of us all. This crisis could reshape how we interact with each other, alter what makes us happy, and modify our capacity for reaching our full potential as individuals.\n\nAnd it's caused by one simple fact: the human brain, and most sensitive of organs are under threat from the modern world.\xa0\n\nUnless we wake up to the damage that the gadget-filled, pharmaceutically-enhanced 21st century is doing to our brains, we could be sleepwalking towards a future in which neuro-chip technology blurs the line between living and non-living machines, and between our bodies and the outside world. Tune in Wednesday Dec 12, 2018 FOR THE REST OF THE STORY.