Just as microplastics cross the blood-brain barrier to cause dementia, algorithms cross neurological boundaries to cause depression.
This comprehensive research paper establishes digital neurotoxicity as a regulatory-grade threat through rigorous analysis of neurological mechanisms, epidemiological evidence, and comparative toxicology. We document a 56% increase in adolescent suicide rates, 68% collapse in attention spans, and 210 million people exhibiting addictive use patterns—all coinciding with algorithmic feed saturation.
The paper introduces Exposure Facts (analogous to nutrition labels) as the regulatory framework and the Dimensional Literacy Framework as the intervention model for consciousness recovery.
Our Mission
The Institute for Dimensional Literacy Research operates on a singular premise: consciousness is infrastructure.
Just as physical infrastructure requires protection from degradation, human consciousness requires systematic protection from toxicity. We investigate consciousness threats across all vectors—digital neurotoxicity, environmental pollutants, nutritional impacts, pharmaceutical effects, sleep disruption, and economic stress.
Our research moves beyond individual pathology to infrastructure degradation—identifying systemic threats to population-level cognitive capacity and developing scalable interventions for protection and recovery.
Every finding is transparently reported. Every methodology is rigorously documented. Every intervention is empirically validated. We accept no funding from industries under investigation.
Research Streams
Digital Neurotoxicity
Algorithmic attention capture, dopaminergic hijacking, attention span collapse, and platform manipulation. ALETHE longitudinal cohort study tracking 1,000+ users through dimensional literacy implementation.
Chemical Neurotoxicity
Microplastics, PFAS, air quality, and pesticide impacts on cognitive development. Investigating interactions between chemical and behavioral toxins in vulnerable populations.
Nutritional Neurotoxicity
Ultra-processed foods, artificial additives, gut-brain axis disruption. Testing whether dietary changes accelerate recovery from digital neurotoxicity.
Sleep Architecture
Circadian disruption, blue light exposure, sleep fragmentation as both consequence and contributor to consciousness degradation. Critical windows in adolescent development.
Pharmaceutical Neurotoxicity
Long-term consciousness impacts of psychiatric medications. SSRI emotional blunting, stimulant developmental effects, benzodiazepine cognitive impairment.
Economic Consciousness Toxicity
Financial stress, precarity, and scarcity mindset as consciousness threats. Attention bandwidth depletion amplifying vulnerability to other toxicity vectors.
The Evidence
Key findings from our Digital Neurotoxicity research establishing the scale and urgency of the crisis
Join the Research
We actively seek collaboration from academic researchers, clinical practitioners, policy organizations, and technology companies genuinely committed to consciousness protection.
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