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Brain Drain: Cell Phone Overuse Can Interfere With Sleep, Cognitive Capacity, Reports Say Brain Drain: Cell Phone Overuse Can Interfere With Sleep, Cognitive Capacity, Reports Say
Brain Drain: Cell Phone Overuse Can Interfere With Sleep, Cognitive Capacity, Reports Say Smartphone technology has undoubtedly changed the way we access the world of information that has become available at our fingertips.  But new research from the University of Chicago has shown that overusing those phones can interfere with sleep and have other negative effects of cognitive ability. From self-esteem to memory, attention span, creativity, productivity and more, smartphone technology is having a myriad of negative effects for those who overuse it. Dopamine is the main brain chemical considered when discussing the biochemical effects of smartphones. But a new analysis of …

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by Valerie Musson