Frontal Fatigue: how technology is overstressing our brain

In his trailblazing new book, Frontal Fatigue: The Impact of Modern Life and Technology on Mental Illness, Dr Mark Rego examines why mental illness and stress are skyrocketing alongside technology. Rego says people are overstressing a key part of their brain that wasn't designed for modern life and technology, and the flow-on effects are troubling. The assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine presents his hypothesis of Frontal Fatigue -- which is what happens when the unique pressures of modern life overwhelm the prefrontal cortex, the part of our brain that can make us susceptible to mental illness. And a part of the brain that doesn't really work under stress. Dr Rego joins the show to discuss Frontal Fatigue and the crucial roles the prefrontal cortex plays in the brain.