'I was even ignoring my family': Human perception expert Dr Brian Boxer Wachler likens TikTok's addictiveness to gambling
, Dr Brian Boxer Wachler spoke of the "addictive" nature of social media and the impact that platforms, including TikTok, have on the human brain.
"It really affected my perception - because of that dopamine rush that gives us that same buzz that we get from coffee or sex or drugs and things like that." "There was a huge need to call out videos that were going viral in the health space that wasn't true because there's no fact-checking with the algorithms," said Dr Wachler.
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