2023-08-24

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Phone addiction is real, and researchers are becoming more concerned with what it is doing to our brains and bodies. This video explains the up to date research on what creates phone addiction, how to tell if you are clinically addicted to your phone and the top three scientific tips for decreasing phone use.

PODCAST ABOUT CELLPHONES + OUR BODIES: https://youtu.be/09sP5rQwf5M?si=IVFU2_LuQna5Z92f

Huge thank you to Dr. Anna Lembke for her incredible book "Dopamine Nation" buy it at your local bookstore for even more information on this issue.

Resources:

https://time.com/5437607/smartphones-teens-mental-health/

https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-12/rcpch_screen_time_guide_-_final.pdf

https://academic.oup.com/ijnp/article/14/1/53/657965

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010681/#B43

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12055635/

Written by: Gregory Brown

Drawn by: Max Simmons + Gregory Brown

Edited by: Luka Šarlija

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Whether it is the new Oliver Anthony video, or a science video about crowd control or the new Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell video about nuclear war, our phones are tempting us to watch videos constantly. This is changing your brain and making you sad, this video will explain why, and how to fix it (neurologically)