Swipe, Scroll, Distract: What Phones Are Doing to Our Brains
Are Smartphones Sabotaging Our Ability to Pay Attention?
This week on Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Liz dive into a fascinating meta-analysis exploring the link between smartphone use and learning outcomes.
Spoiler alert: it’s not great news.
From fractured focus to poorer information recall, we explore how even light phone use can erode our ability to retain and understand information - especially for ADHDers.
🧠 Why does no one teach us how to learn?
📵 Can app blockers and dumb phones really help?
📊 What does the research actually say?
⚖️ And should tech companies bear some responsibility?
This one’s part science, part self-reflection, and fully essential listening for anyone trying to reclaim their attention.
🎧 Tune in now and start setting better boundaries with your tech.
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🧠 Connect directly with Neurodiversity in the Workplace Coach Franck Brown:
https://www.consciousclarity.co.uk/get-in-touch
www.linkedin.com/in/franckbrown
[email protected]
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🧠 Connect directly with Business Psychologist & Neurodiversity Coach Liz Mulhall:
www.linkedin.com/in/lizmulhall
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Link to today's academic paper: The effects of smartphone addiction on learning: A meta-analysis by Sunday et. al (2021).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958821000622
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As ever, thanks for listening - catch you next episode!