What does a ‘good day’ look like for you? Researchers are using wearable sensors and wellbeing surveys to understand how lifestyle patterns impact life satisfaction. Perhaps this can help us plan for more ‘good days’. Plus, with the help of an EEG study, one neuroscientist graduate considers how social media use might be impacting his brain.

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• Sleep is a fundamental process for us humans, we just don’t function well without enough of it. But what if your job requires long working hours across time zones?
• Exercise is good for our bodies and mental health and, research suggests, can also help our brains maintain and grow nerve cells.
• Recently, a report by the Education Review Office suggested the mobile phone ban in New Zealand schools is working, and that social media should be banned next.
• Australia’s social media ban for those under 16 comes into effect on the 10th of December, while debate continues here as to whether New Zealand should follow.

Guests:

• Professor Scott Duncan, Auckland University of Technology
• Dr Anantha Narayanan, Auckland University of Technology
• Tom Bolus, University of Otago

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