How Smartphones Shrink Our Brains Laura Woods, Dagogo Altraide, Brayden Laffrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLD6chdFjA0 20240528.how.smartphones.shrink.our.brains.laura.woods.dagogo.altraide.brayden.laffrey.coldfusion.mp4 0:00 / 20:53 How Smartphones Shrink Our Brains ColdFusion 4.83M subscribers Subscribe 37K Save 856,511 views May 28, 2024 Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/coldfusion. Smartphones are so ubiquitous that they almost fade into the background. Everyone has one and nobody thinks twice about them. But what if they were affecting the way our brains function in a very tangible way? That would mean society has been collectively altered and we don't even know it. In this episode we take a look at the research of the tenuous relationship between smartphones and our brains. Sources and show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10... 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Grim times. 4.3K Reply 141 replies @thetruthstand 2 weeks ago You know you're in a bad way when you have to tell your technology to remind you to not use the technology 3.3K Reply 18 replies @ankitpunia4722 2 weeks ago (edited) I quit social media a few years ago. I watch only 2 or 3 YouTube channels which are important to me, meditate daily, don't use phone when it's not needed. It improved my life drastically. Please do give it a try. 446 Reply 15 replies @dr.python 2 weeks ago I am preparing for a competitive exam and this is what I realized: every time you use smartphone after study session it becomes noticeably harder to focus back on studying even after long hours of abstinence, or in other words your day is gone. On the other hand if you just study with decisiveness of not touching smartphones you actually don’t feel like you’re missing out a lot and time flies faster. 783 Reply 11 replies @krisdang8620 2 weeks ago I accidentally stopped using social media after breaking up, because I don't want to see anyone's stories. Turns out I feel happier and less overwhelmed. I'm gonna continue doing that. 1.2K Reply 28 replies @bernoulliseqn9885 2 weeks ago Honestly whats scary is I dont think most of us even feel the afteraffects of our smartphone addictions . Personally ever since the covid lockdown ive spent way more time on my phone than I used to and i can genuinely feel myself mentally declining because of it . I find it difficult to even pickup a book much less read it from start to finish . The thought of watching a tv series or longer duration forms of entertainment exhausts me. I often have to reread sentences because i have trouble comprehending them the first time. Overall I find it harder to process inputs into clear coherent thoughrs and it frustrates me. 559 Reply 28 replies @ecoro_ 2 weeks ago That app he tried to sell us @6:44 was like a black mirror moment lol. 'Phone apps shrink hippocampus? Don't worry, there's an app to fix it. Introducing HippoCamera'! 338 Reply 6 replies @karenlewkowitz5858 2 weeks ago Mornings are better when I do not touch the phone, and get outside for a walk or work in the garden. Watching the sky change colour as the sun rises. Walking with my dog and noticing the gardens and the burds. I am connected to the surroundings and it feels good 97 Reply 2 replies @casbot71 2 weeks ago I'm just watching this on my smartphone at 1am in bed. 2K Reply 70 replies @actionms8566 2 weeks ago I'm a teacher and every year we take all our schools 8th graders, about 110 students, to the alps for a one week skiing trip. On this trip, smartphones and all wifi capable devices are forbidden to bring. Naturally this creates quite the uproar from many students when we tell them, but especially from the parents. Some have even forced their children to smuggle their phones on the trip because they feel the need to always be able to call them. Now the interesting thing is the change in behaviour we can see in our students on this trip. At home, we have smartphone zones in our school where the students are allowed to use them. It's not uncommon to see groups of Up to a dozen students sit next to each other completely silent, all looking at their phones. But on our trip, they become much more social and even behave more child like again. They play stupid games, laugh a lot and are generally very happy. The physical exercise also helps, I think. There were numerous students who told me that the thought of getting back to their phones stressed them. The constant messaging, scrolling and posting is actually nothing they do enjoy, but a chore. It really makes me sad to see these happy children being trapped by technology. As soon as they are back home, they are glued to their phones again and it would take more strength and determination than any 14 years old can muster to break out on their own. 523 Reply 23 replies @12q8 2 weeks ago It's fascinating, because when I tried to block out much of my smartphone addicting capabilities, and being off for weeks, it made my friends and family worried and anxious and even demand I revert back. Peer pressure can play a hand in this. 39 Reply 3 replies @MrChilliMan 2 weeks ago Screen time is an unbelievable restriction that if you said back in the year 2000 that we would have to limit the time we spend on the phone nobody would have believed you. 61 Reply 3 replies @cherubin7th 2 weeks ago The problem is not the Smart Phone nor the weak human nature, but corporations who hire behavioral psychologists to game the hell out of us. 677 Reply 16 replies @imicca 2 weeks ago I used to have amazing memory, my grandma used to tell that to everyone as she was my English teacher, that I could remember all of her classes. Now I have to check if I closed my front door after locking it 10 seconds ago 105 Reply 11 replies @julius43461 2 weeks ago As someone with severe ADHD who avoided almost all internet trends, I actually feel way more competitive ever since everyone has developed ADHD symptoms. I don't even need meds as I went from being the most distracted hyperactive person around, to being someone who can focus better than the average person. Thanks internet! 52 Reply 1 reply @gyurmarajzfilm 2 weeks ago I disabled notifications on almost all of my apps (direct messages, calendar, bills to pay and my gym membership app are the only things enbaled). I have only 2 social media accounts, only passively comsuming both. I switch my phone off at 22:00 and leave it in another room for night. I often go on retreats where phones are completely off for days, or on only for half hour. I still feel like I waste a lot of time mindlessly scrolling... It's ridiculous how much effort it takes to not end up being a phone addict. 31 Reply @NinjaNick636 2 weeks ago I’m 33, I LIVE on YouTube.. It literally plays in my background while at work. Even sometimes in the car. I catch myself sucked in even when I’m around my kids. I notice when my kids have to say daddy 3 or 4 times. It crushed me and I’ve now made a big effort to cut phone time. Not gonna lie, it’s hard. And I don’t even do social media much anymore 383 Reply 18 replies @ChristopherLarouche 2 weeks ago As I was watching this, I absent mindedly minimized YT, open B/R, and started checking on sports updates. I then jumped to e-mail before realizing I wasn’t retaining much, and forced myself to close things down and watch/listen. 79 Reply 2 replies @Morpheustopg121 8 days ago The fact that this doesn’t have more views tells me the algorithm is working against you 6 Reply @RokSlana 2 weeks ago Yes. I am kinda surprised that this isn't being talked about more and out there in the public. When I go around and see, especially younger folks, everyone is glued to their fucking mobile phones. People walking the streets, no eye contact, blank stares, unable to do anything without their devices in hand, socially awkward parents giving small kids phones just to be able to do some scrolling of their own. Deeply worrying. I think that in a couple of years, a decade maybe, this is going to seriously backfire and we will find ourselves in deep trouble as a society if this is not addressed. Great video, thank you it. 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