We spend an average of four hours a day on our phones, checking them everywhere from the dinner table to the bedroom (for those middle-of-the-night scrolls) and even, depressingly, the toilet.
addiction at a live event in Seattle this week, acclaimed Stanford neuroscientist Dr Andrew Huberman pointed the finger at the so-called “hypnotised chicken effect”.
If you feel excited in anticipation of using your phone or while on a social media app, that’s the impact of the dopamine system taking shape. “But if you find yourself scrolling mindlessly and it’s not doing anything for you, you’re driving that wave pool [of dopamine] down,” Dr Huberman said.depletes,How turning your phone notifications off could help you deal with overwhelm and FOMOon science for everyday life – turns off his phone for a couple of hours every day.
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