How is your phone changing you?

Let’s Begin…
As of 2016, of the 7 billion people on Earth, roughly 6 billion own a cell phone. So what are these popular
gadgets doing to your body and brain? AsapSCIENCE investigates.

1. What is the average amount of time people per day that people spend looking at their
mobile phones?

a. 3,6 hours
b. 4,7 hours
c. 1,4 hours
d. 5,5 hours

2. Time spent in front of screens had ed to n increase in cases of:

a. Back tension
b. Arthritis
c. Depression
d. Myopia

3. What is a compulsion loop?

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4. What is nomophobia?
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5. How do phones interfere with sleep?

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