{"id":7596,"date":"2024-11-15T18:45:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/?page_id=7596"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:41:37","slug":"7596-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/?page_id=7596","title":{"rendered":"Digital Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7177598\/internet-content-labels-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7638\" src=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-8.01.25\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-8.01.25\u202fPM.png 710w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-8.01.25\u202fPM-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-8.01.25\u202fPM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-8.01.25\u202fPM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-8.01.25\u202fPM-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-8.01.25\u202fPM-320x320.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/11\/21\/digital-diet-social-media-content-harmful-mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7695\" src=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.08.02\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.08.02\u202fPM.png 1044w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.08.02\u202fPM-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.08.02\u202fPM-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.08.02\u202fPM-768x393.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/science\/article\/doom-scrolling-really-does-make-you-more-depressed-study-finds-2gnxvm99d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7696\" src=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.10.56\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.10.56\u202fPM.png 540w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-11.10.56\u202fPM-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>Featured in TIME Magazine, The Telegraph, and The Times<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Introducing <em>Digital Diet:<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>A Guide to Better <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>Web-Browsing<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Find the most helpful, informative, and mindful content online with our new browser extension &amp; mobile application<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/chromewebstore.google.com\/detail\/my-digital-diet\/hkpmbicepkchiicbgbdofjgiblfejjcj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chromewebstore.google.com\/detail\/my-digital-diet\/hkpmbicepkchiicbgbdofjgiblfejjcj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Download\u00a0 Extension now!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/digital-diet-abl\/id6748617099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Download\u00a0 App now for Apple!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=edu.mit.digitaldiet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Download\u00a0 App now for Android!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>What is Digital Diet?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Digital Diet<\/strong> is a simple yet powerful browser extension that adds \u2018content labels\u2019 to Google search results in real time. Just like nutrition labels help you make better choices about what enters your body, \u2018content labels\u2019 can help you take control of what enters your mind, potentially reducing doomscrolling\u00a0and time wasted on mindless browsing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">It helps you identify:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Actionability:<\/strong> To what extent information on a webpage is useful on average.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Knowledge:<\/strong> To what extent information on a webpage helps people understand a topic, on average.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Emotion:<\/strong> The emotional tone of the webpage\u2014whether people find the content positive or negative, on average.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Rationale for Digital Diet<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Digital Diet <\/strong>is grounded in empirical research on why people seek information and how online content impacts mental health:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Our research (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-021-27046-5\/metrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly &amp; Sharot, 2021<\/a>) shows that people want information that is useful, expands their knowledge and makes them feel better. <strong>Digital Diet<\/strong> helps users find content that matches their needs and preferences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">We also find that the content people browse online influences their mood and mental health (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41562-024-02065-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly &amp; Sharot, 2024<\/a>). Consuming negative content can induce negative mood, which in turn leads people to browse more negative content. By providing an Emotion score for each webpage, <strong>Digital Diet<\/strong> helps users make mindful choices about the type of content they consume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Why Use Digital Diet?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Save Time:<\/strong> Quickly identify the webpages that meet your browsing goals, without wasting time on irrelevant links.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Learn More:<\/strong> Easily find content that deepens your understanding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Feel Better:<\/strong> Increases awareness of the emotional tone of content before you click, which can help you avoid doomscrolling.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>How Does It Work?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Our browser <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2410.03866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extension<\/a> uses language analysis algorithms to evaluate webpage content based on text patterns\u2014much like how you\u2019d judge an article by skimming it, but now you don\u2019t have to!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Real-Life Scenarios:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Need Practical Advice?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Searching for &#8220;<em>I just lost my job<\/em>&#8221; <strong>Digital Diet<\/strong> highlights pages with high Actionability scores, guiding you to helpful resources and steps to take.<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7629\" src=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM.png 2388w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM-1536x812.png 1536w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.48.43\u202fPM-2048x1082.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Curious About a Topic?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Looking up &#8220;<em>Who was the most famous pharaoh<\/em>&#8221; <strong>Digital Diet<\/strong>\u00a0highlights pages with high Knowledge scores to satisfy your curiosity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7630\" src=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM.png 2386w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM-1536x787.png 1536w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-18-at-7.50.31\u202fPM-2048x1049.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Mindful Browsing!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Want to avoid negative news? <strong>Digital Diet&#8217;s<\/strong> Emotion score helps you steer towards more positive content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bonus &#8211; Introducing the Digital Diet App<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">What Does the Digital Diet App Do?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The companion <strong>Digital Diet<\/strong> <strong>mobile app<\/strong> complements the Digital Diet extensions by tracking your digital information intake. Similar to apps that monitor physical activity or sleep, it analyzes your browsing patterns across various time periods\u2014hours, days, weeks, months\u2014offering\u00a0 insights into your digital consumption habits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Why Use the Digital Diet Mobile App?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Stay Informed<\/strong>: Gain a clearer picture of your digital habits to make more intentional choices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Promote Positive Habits<\/strong>: Reduce doomscrolling and mindless browsing by focusing on content that aligns with your goals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Improve Your Mental Health<\/strong>: Learn how your digital diet influences your mental health and take steps toward a more positive and productive online experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-7.54.32\u202fPM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7674 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-7.54.32\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-7.54.32\u202fPM.png 800w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-7.54.32\u202fPM-157x300.png 157w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-7.54.32\u202fPM-537x1024.png 537w, https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-7.54.32\u202fPM-768x1465.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">To try the <strong>Digital Diet<\/strong> extension <a href=\"https:\/\/chromewebstore.google.com\/detail\/my-digital-diet\/hkpmbicepkchiicbgbdofjgiblfejjcj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">To try the\u00a0 <strong>Digital Diet<\/strong> app <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/digital-diet-abl\/id6748617099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><em>The method for Digital Diet is patent pending under MIT (Inventors: Sharot &amp; Kelly). Digital Diet embodies our commitment to empowering individuals with tools that enhance decision making and well-being. Grounded in research, this tool provides an evidence-based solution to help users make informed, mindful choices in their online browsing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured in TIME Magazine, The Telegraph, and The Times Introducing Digital Diet: A Guide to Better Web-Browsing Find the most helpful, informative, and mindful content online with our new browser extension &amp; mobile application&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7596"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8031,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7596\/revisions\/8031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}