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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 23, 2014·2 min read

          Smartphone Thumb Skills Are Altering Our Brains

          A new study reports smartphone usage influences cortical activity.
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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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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·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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          ·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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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·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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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·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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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·June 27, 2016·3 min read

          Text Messaging With Smartphones Triggers a New Type of Brain Rhythm

          According to researchers, sending text messages on a smartphone can alter the rhythm of brain waves.
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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.
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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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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·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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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·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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