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·December 11, 2022·4 min read

Constant Smartphone Notifications Tax Your Brain

Constant push notifications on smartphones may affect cognition by decreasing concentration and increasing distraction. Researchers found heavy smartphone use was associated with poor concentration recovery following a notification and alterations in brain activity that made people more sensitive to push notifications.

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·September 14, 2020·3 min read

Smartphones Can Predict Brain Function Associated With Anxiety and Depression

Data collected from smartphones can accurately predict connectivity between brain regions associated with emotional processing. Analyzing cellphone data, such as social activity, screen time, and location, alongside fMRI brain scans, researchers found smartphone data activity mirrors brain activity associated with depression and anxiety.

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·October 1, 2019·4 min read

Which Comes First: Smartphone Dependency or Depression?

A person's dependency on their smartphone predicts greater loneliness and depressive symptoms, and not the other way around.

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·September 6, 2019·5 min read

Attackers could be listening to what you type: Smartphones can pick up and translate your keystrokes

By changing passwords and scanning for keyloggers you may think your personal information is safe. Think again. Smartphones can pick up what you type on a standard keyboard. Researchers report acoustic signals produced from typing on a keyboard can be picked up by smartphones. Those sounds can be processed to reveal exactly what you typed.

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·August 8, 2019·2 min read

Happy? Sad? Study Uses AI to Examine What Affects Our Emotions

Using a smartwatch and new app, participants will track their emotional changes for 45 days. The app, called Mindcurrent, uses artificial intelligence to analyze emotional states and provides recommendations on how the user can elevate their mood.

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·August 5, 2019·4 min read

Scientists can now manipulate brain cells using smartphone

A soft neural implant that can be controlled by a smartphone is capable of drug delivery and optogenetics. The technology could speed up efforts to uncover the causes of neurological and psychological disorders.

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·February 7, 2018·3 min read

We’re Not Addicted to Smartphones, We’re Addicted to Social Interaction

A new study reports cell phones may be making us hypersocial, rather than antisocial as previous research suggests.

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·November 30, 2017·3 min read

Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain

Smartphone and internet addiction appears to have an impact on brain chemistry. A new study reports the ratio of GABA to Glx is significantly increased in the anterior cingulate cortex of teens who are addicted to their smartphones.

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·June 26, 2017·4 min read

The Mere Presence of Your Smartphone Reduces Brain Power

According to researchers, the mere presence of your smartphone reduces cognitive capacity and impairs cognitive function, even though people believe they are giving a task their full attention and focus.