Posted on 09/13/2020 11:38:34 AM PDT by daniel1212
In the U.S., at least three of every four people now own a smartphone. And one estimate suggests that Americans touch their mobile devices more than 2,600 times a day on average. But what do all those pings and buzzes, scrolls and swipes actually add up to?..
Initial data from a $300-million study by the National Institutes of Health, for example, now provides evidence that a child's brain may indeed develop differently with heavy use of digital devices. Those of us whose brains matured before the first iPhone came to market in 2007 may also be vulnerable to mental changes. The more tethered we are to our phones, studies show, the harder it is to think deeply, attentively and conceptually — not to mention remember basic information...
Our smartphones seem to wield their influence even when we're not using them. The mere presence of a smartphone seemed to reduce the quality of conversations in one study. Another study found a link between having a smartphone within sight, even if turned off, with lower scores on tests of short-term memory and problem solving...
Research suggests that smartphones can inhibit people from offering help to strangers on the street, reduce how much we smile at unfamiliar faces in a waiting room...
"People don't talk about or realize that we actually get quite a lot from casual social interactions," said Kostadin Kushlev, a social psychologist..
Perhaps not surprisingly, researchers have also begun to link weakened social skills, including the inability to read emotions or initiate casual conversations, to smartphone use.
Twenge noticed a troubling correlation between when smartphones became popular and when rates of mental health problems among teens and young adults began skyrocketing.
SmartMom. I just start using an old nonactivated Galaxy 6 for taking pics of the garden, and can connect to the Internet with it, and so i may try to use Google voice with it. However, with my arthritic stiff fingers I have a hard time just using a computer keyboard, and thus trying to type into the phone is much harder. But thank God for what we can do.
“I thought texting would be easier on a smartphone than on a flip phone, but I still find it to be agonizingly slow. “
Use voice.
Is it that we are
Waiting on,,,,,
What,Hope?
Redemption,
“I hate text crap as trying to reply requires using the numeric keypad and up to 4 button presses for some letters.”
Smartphones have. full virtual keyboard.
Tourists and the Mona Lisa
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Ultimate smart device.
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“Yeah, I know... old school :)”
LOL. Old school would not use email. Or. even use the phone.
Gratification,
Instantly.
.
Happy Ending with
No cleanup or
Guilt.
No one asked you anything about iFag smartphones.
The comment was about regular cell phones if it was not obvious.
What happened to that guy’s head?
“No one asked you anything about iFag smartphones.
The comment was about regular cell phones if it was not obvious.”
LOL! Now you know how they can help you!
Do not need them or advice and communications with you.
I don’t have to go back and check the garage door closed.
Compare prices and read product reviews.
Nick Carr is one of those observers who write about tech but do not understand it or how it works.
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