It is easy to say that you have important reasons to check your phone every 5 minutes and that may be true. But, too many people are checking messages, YouTube, and installed social media applications, and generally spending a lot of unnecessary time staring at a device that can be useful, habit forming, or addictive. We know that the brain can experience neuroplasticity and become re-wired to cause a repeated need to "check the phone out for the most current content"!
All the more troubling is the fact that children in their pre-teens start the process very early in life and set themselves up for a long term problem. There is an excellent article in the Addictive Behaviors journal worth reading and reexamine our collective behavior here. The article can provide a better explanation than I can.
All the more troubling is the fact that children in their pre-teens start the process very early in life and set themselves up for a long term problem. There is an excellent article in the Addictive Behaviors journal worth reading and reexamine our collective behavior here. The article can provide a better explanation than I can.
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