In this episode I look at smart phones. They have changed the way we live beyond imagination 

but are they doing us any harm in terms of the way we think and behave?

Links:

Life before smartphones:

https://medium.com/be-unique/before-smartphones-were-a-thing-87208717b8d7

Teenage brain: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/Pages/Whats-Going-On-in-the-Teenage-Brain.aspx

Teenagers and smart phones: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-smartphones-really-destroying-the-lives-of-teenagers/

Alpha brain waves: https://www.healthline.com/health/alpha-brain-waves#bottom-line

Multitasking and switching focus: https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/why-multitasking-does-more-harm-good

Phones and attention: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36256-4#

Alpha waves: https://www.healthline.com/health/alpha-brain-waves

Dopamine fasting: https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/dopamine-fasting-smartphone-addiction

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