It’s difficult to tear your attention far from your smart device
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Apps such as Instagram and TikTok keep us glued to our mobile phones by style. An expert system that advises us to take breaks can assist slash that screen time.
A random alert to stop doomscrolling will not constantly tear somebody far from their phone. Maker knowing can customise that intervention so it shows up at the minute when it is most likely to work, states Xuhai Xu at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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