Dr. Mazie Leftwich, left, presented a seminar on July 24 at the Nesbit Memorial Library in Columbus. The seminar focused on the addiction that may occur in young children, teens and adults when they abuse the use of a digital device such as an iPhone, iPad or tablet in search of the instant high and gratification the inter net produces. She explored the effects on the brain, the addiction and the withdrawal that many parents and grandparents know too well. One slide summed up that the apps purposefully are programmed to be addictive. They are similar to the algorithms of slot machines. Photo by John Jones, Banner Press
