We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, checking them around 58 times, on average. We like to tell ourselves it's to socialize, for work, or to read the news. But most of us are ...

According to research from Semmelweis University, not only personality traits contribute to problematic smartphone use, but weak self-control and a strong fear of missing out (FOMO) on social events ...

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GLORIETTA. WHILE CHILDREN AND TEENS ARE SPENDING MORE TIME THAN EVER ON CELL PHONES, VIDEO GAMES AND SOCIAL MEDIA, EXPERTS SAY THE PROBLEM ISN’T SIMPLY JUST THAT SCREEN TIME, BUT ALSO THE ADDICTION ...

While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the mind Amber X. Chen - AAAS Mass Media Fellow Research on how smartphone use ...

Being a night owl has its perks. Scientists have found that people who habitually stay up late may be more creative, and perhaps even more intelligent, than those who go to bed and wake up earlier.

That Fitness App May Not Be So Healthy After All, Especially For Teens In A Nutshell A review of 35 studies with an average participant age of 17 found that compulsive smartphone use is consistently ...

‘Night owls’ are more prone to developing problematic technology use, such as smartphone and social media addiction. This has a range of negative consequences including effects on academic attainment ...

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has found that excessive smartphone use is closely associated with disordered eating, ...

Smartphone addiction is correlated with neurochemical imbalances in the brain, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented today at the 103rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the ...