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  1. PsyPost: Excessive smartphone users show heightened brain reactivity to social exclusion. “A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that individuals who excessively use their smartphones display heightened brain activity in regions associated with social pain when they experience social exclusion.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/16/psypost-excessive-smartphone-users-show-heightened-brain-reactivity-to-social-exclusion/
  2. PsyPost: Excessive smartphone users show heightened brain reactivity to social exclusion. “A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that individuals who excessively use their smartphones display heightened brain activity in regions associated with social pain when they experience social exclusion.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/16/psypost-excessive-smartphone-users-show-heightened-brain-reactivity-to-social-exclusion/
  3. PsyPost: Excessive smartphone users show heightened brain reactivity to social exclusion. “A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that individuals who excessively use their smartphones display heightened brain activity in regions associated with social pain when they experience social exclusion.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/16/psypost-excessive-smartphone-users-show-heightened-brain-reactivity-to-social-exclusion/
  4. PsyPost: Excessive smartphone users show heightened brain reactivity to social exclusion. “A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that individuals who excessively use their smartphones display heightened brain activity in regions associated with social pain when they experience social exclusion.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/16/psypost-excessive-smartphone-users-show-heightened-brain-reactivity-to-social-exclusion/
  5. Mashable: Study: Teens spend hour-plus on their phones at school. “Teens spend an average of 70 minutes on their smartphones during school hours, according to new research published Monday in JAMA. The study found that students aren’t using their devices for educational purposes, either. Instead, they’re mostly scrolling social media, racking up roughly 30 minutes per day on apps like TikTok, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/study-teens-spend-hour-plus-on-their-phones-at-school-mashable/
  6. Mashable: Study: Teens spend hour-plus on their phones at school. “Teens spend an average of 70 minutes on their smartphones during school hours, according to new research published Monday in JAMA. The study found that students aren’t using their devices for educational purposes, either. Instead, they’re mostly scrolling social media, racking up roughly 30 minutes per day on apps like TikTok, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/study-teens-spend-hour-plus-on-their-phones-at-school-mashable/
  7. Mashable: Study: Teens spend hour-plus on their phones at school. “Teens spend an average of 70 minutes on their smartphones during school hours, according to new research published Monday in JAMA. The study found that students aren’t using their devices for educational purposes, either. Instead, they’re mostly scrolling social media, racking up roughly 30 minutes per day on apps like TikTok, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/study-teens-spend-hour-plus-on-their-phones-at-school-mashable/
  8. Mashable: Study: Teens spend hour-plus on their phones at school. “Teens spend an average of 70 minutes on their smartphones during school hours, according to new research published Monday in JAMA. The study found that students aren’t using their devices for educational purposes, either. Instead, they’re mostly scrolling social media, racking up roughly 30 minutes per day on apps like TikTok, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/study-teens-spend-hour-plus-on-their-phones-at-school-mashable/
  9. Mashable: Study: Teens spend hour-plus on their phones at school. “Teens spend an average of 70 minutes on their smartphones during school hours, according to new research published Monday in JAMA. The study found that students aren’t using their devices for educational purposes, either. Instead, they’re mostly scrolling social media, racking up roughly 30 minutes per day on apps like TikTok, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/11/study-teens-spend-hour-plus-on-their-phones-at-school-mashable/
  10. University of Oregon: Study finds minimal link between smartphone use and adult well-being. “A new study led by researchers at the University of Oregon in collaboration with Google Research has found little evidence linking smartphone use with mental well-being in adults.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/15/university-of-oregon-study-finds-minimal-link-between-smartphone-use-and-adult-well-being/

  11. University of Oregon: Study finds minimal link between smartphone use and adult well-being. “A new study led by researchers at the University of Oregon in collaboration with Google Research has found little evidence linking smartphone use with mental well-being in adults.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/15/university-of-oregon-study-finds-minimal-link-between-smartphone-use-and-adult-well-being/

  12. University of Oregon: Study finds minimal link between smartphone use and adult well-being. “A new study led by researchers at the University of Oregon in collaboration with Google Research has found little evidence linking smartphone use with mental well-being in adults.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/15/university-of-oregon-study-finds-minimal-link-between-smartphone-use-and-adult-well-being/

  13. University of Oregon: Study finds minimal link between smartphone use and adult well-being. “A new study led by researchers at the University of Oregon in collaboration with Google Research has found little evidence linking smartphone use with mental well-being in adults.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/15/university-of-oregon-study-finds-minimal-link-between-smartphone-use-and-adult-well-being/

  14. University of Oregon: Study finds minimal link between smartphone use and adult well-being. “A new study led by researchers at the University of Oregon in collaboration with Google Research has found little evidence linking smartphone use with mental well-being in adults.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/15/university-of-oregon-study-finds-minimal-link-between-smartphone-use-and-adult-well-being/

  15. Ah, yes, the revolutionary discovery that people use their smartphones a lot 📱—truly groundbreaking news for anyone who has never witnessed a public space. 🧐 But please, do continue to pontificate on the hardships of modern life from your glowing rectangle. 😂
    herman.bearblog.dev/being-pres #smartphoneusage #publicspaces #modernlife #technologyhumor #groundbreakingdiscovery #HackerNews #ngated

  16. Ah, yes, the revolutionary discovery that people use their smartphones a lot 📱—truly groundbreaking news for anyone who has never witnessed a public space. 🧐 But please, do continue to pontificate on the hardships of modern life from your glowing rectangle. 😂
    herman.bearblog.dev/being-pres #smartphoneusage #publicspaces #modernlife #technologyhumor #groundbreakingdiscovery #HackerNews #ngated

  17. Ah, yes, the revolutionary discovery that people use their smartphones a lot 📱—truly groundbreaking news for anyone who has never witnessed a public space. 🧐 But please, do continue to pontificate on the hardships of modern life from your glowing rectangle. 😂
    herman.bearblog.dev/being-pres #smartphoneusage #publicspaces #modernlife #technologyhumor #groundbreakingdiscovery #HackerNews #ngated

  18. Ah, yes, the revolutionary discovery that people use their smartphones a lot 📱—truly groundbreaking news for anyone who has never witnessed a public space. 🧐 But please, do continue to pontificate on the hardships of modern life from your glowing rectangle. 😂
    herman.bearblog.dev/being-pres #smartphoneusage #publicspaces #modernlife #technologyhumor #groundbreakingdiscovery #HackerNews #ngated

  19. PsyPost: Mobile phone dependence linked to creativity in surprising ways among adolescents. “A study of Chinese adolescents revealed a complex relationship between mobile phone dependence and two forms of creativity: artistic and scientific. At low levels of mobile phone dependence, higher dependence was associated with lower scientific and artistic creativity. However, once dependence passed a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/11/psypost-mobile-phone-dependence-linked-to-creativity-in-surprising-ways-among-adolescents/

  20. PsyPost: Mobile phone dependence linked to creativity in surprising ways among adolescents. “A study of Chinese adolescents revealed a complex relationship between mobile phone dependence and two forms of creativity: artistic and scientific. At low levels of mobile phone dependence, higher dependence was associated with lower scientific and artistic creativity. However, once dependence passed a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/11/psypost-mobile-phone-dependence-linked-to-creativity-in-surprising-ways-among-adolescents/

  21. PsyPost: Mobile phone dependence linked to creativity in surprising ways among adolescents. “A study of Chinese adolescents revealed a complex relationship between mobile phone dependence and two forms of creativity: artistic and scientific. At low levels of mobile phone dependence, higher dependence was associated with lower scientific and artistic creativity. However, once dependence passed a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/11/psypost-mobile-phone-dependence-linked-to-creativity-in-surprising-ways-among-adolescents/

  22. PsyPost: Mobile phone dependence linked to creativity in surprising ways among adolescents. “A study of Chinese adolescents revealed a complex relationship between mobile phone dependence and two forms of creativity: artistic and scientific. At low levels of mobile phone dependence, higher dependence was associated with lower scientific and artistic creativity. However, once dependence passed a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/11/psypost-mobile-phone-dependence-linked-to-creativity-in-surprising-ways-among-adolescents/

  23. PsyPost: Mobile phone dependence linked to creativity in surprising ways among adolescents. “A study of Chinese adolescents revealed a complex relationship between mobile phone dependence and two forms of creativity: artistic and scientific. At low levels of mobile phone dependence, higher dependence was associated with lower scientific and artistic creativity. However, once dependence passed a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/11/psypost-mobile-phone-dependence-linked-to-creativity-in-surprising-ways-among-adolescents/

  24. Mashable: Bathroom scrolling linked to higher risk of hemorrhoids, study shows . “The research, published Wednesday in PLOS One, found an association between smartphone use on the toilet and a higher risk of hemorrhoids. … Prior to conducting the study, the researchers had anecdotal observations that toilet scrolling might contribute to hemorrhoids but no evidence linking the two.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/04/mashable-bathroom-scrolling-linked-to-higher-risk-of-hemorrhoids-study-shows/

  25. Mashable: Bathroom scrolling linked to higher risk of hemorrhoids, study shows . “The research, published Wednesday in PLOS One, found an association between smartphone use on the toilet and a higher risk of hemorrhoids. … Prior to conducting the study, the researchers had anecdotal observations that toilet scrolling might contribute to hemorrhoids but no evidence linking the two.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/04/mashable-bathroom-scrolling-linked-to-higher-risk-of-hemorrhoids-study-shows/

  26. Mashable: Bathroom scrolling linked to higher risk of hemorrhoids, study shows . “The research, published Wednesday in PLOS One, found an association between smartphone use on the toilet and a higher risk of hemorrhoids. … Prior to conducting the study, the researchers had anecdotal observations that toilet scrolling might contribute to hemorrhoids but no evidence linking the two.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/04/mashable-bathroom-scrolling-linked-to-higher-risk-of-hemorrhoids-study-shows/

  27. Mashable: Bathroom scrolling linked to higher risk of hemorrhoids, study shows . “The research, published Wednesday in PLOS One, found an association between smartphone use on the toilet and a higher risk of hemorrhoids. … Prior to conducting the study, the researchers had anecdotal observations that toilet scrolling might contribute to hemorrhoids but no evidence linking the two.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/04/mashable-bathroom-scrolling-linked-to-higher-risk-of-hemorrhoids-study-shows/

  28. Ah, yes, because checking the Weather app is equivalent to climbing Everest, our hero bravely automates texts to remind himself it's sunny outside. 🌞🔧 Because who needs human interaction when you can have your phone nag you instead? 📱🤦‍♂️
    bensilverman.co.uk/posts/daily #WeatherAutomation #TechHumor #HumanInteraction #SmartphoneUsage #HackerNews #ngated

  29. Ah, yes, because checking the Weather app is equivalent to climbing Everest, our hero bravely automates texts to remind himself it's sunny outside. 🌞🔧 Because who needs human interaction when you can have your phone nag you instead? 📱🤦‍♂️
    bensilverman.co.uk/posts/daily #WeatherAutomation #TechHumor #HumanInteraction #SmartphoneUsage #HackerNews #ngated

  30. Ah, yes, because checking the Weather app is equivalent to climbing Everest, our hero bravely automates texts to remind himself it's sunny outside. 🌞🔧 Because who needs human interaction when you can have your phone nag you instead? 📱🤦‍♂️
    bensilverman.co.uk/posts/daily #WeatherAutomation #TechHumor #HumanInteraction #SmartphoneUsage #HackerNews #ngated

  31. Ah, yes, because checking the Weather app is equivalent to climbing Everest, our hero bravely automates texts to remind himself it's sunny outside. 🌞🔧 Because who needs human interaction when you can have your phone nag you instead? 📱🤦‍♂️
    bensilverman.co.uk/posts/daily #WeatherAutomation #TechHumor #HumanInteraction #SmartphoneUsage #HackerNews #ngated

  32. CBS News: We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here’s what happened.. “Ben said he used to average up to five hours of screen time per day. Once he switched to a flip phone, it went down to about 30 minutes. So, CBS News asked four of Ben’s friends, Carson, Ranita, Jamison and Maya — all 8th graders in New Jersey — to try flip phones for a week. Maya said her […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/23/cbs-news-we-asked-four-teens-to-swap-their-smartphones-for-flip-phones-heres-what-happened/

  33. CBS News: We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here’s what happened.. “Ben said he used to average up to five hours of screen time per day. Once he switched to a flip phone, it went down to about 30 minutes. So, CBS News asked four of Ben’s friends, Carson, Ranita, Jamison and Maya — all 8th graders in New Jersey — to try flip phones for a week. Maya said her […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/23/cbs-news-we-asked-four-teens-to-swap-their-smartphones-for-flip-phones-heres-what-happened/

  34. CBS News: We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here’s what happened.. “Ben said he used to average up to five hours of screen time per day. Once he switched to a flip phone, it went down to about 30 minutes. So, CBS News asked four of Ben’s friends, Carson, Ranita, Jamison and Maya — all 8th graders in New Jersey — to try flip phones for a week. Maya said her […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/23/cbs-news-we-asked-four-teens-to-swap-their-smartphones-for-flip-phones-heres-what-happened/

  35. CBS News: We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here’s what happened.. “Ben said he used to average up to five hours of screen time per day. Once he switched to a flip phone, it went down to about 30 minutes. So, CBS News asked four of Ben’s friends, Carson, Ranita, Jamison and Maya — all 8th graders in New Jersey — to try flip phones for a week. Maya said her […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/23/cbs-news-we-asked-four-teens-to-swap-their-smartphones-for-flip-phones-heres-what-happened/

  36. CBS News: We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here’s what happened.. “Ben said he used to average up to five hours of screen time per day. Once he switched to a flip phone, it went down to about 30 minutes. So, CBS News asked four of Ben’s friends, Carson, Ranita, Jamison and Maya — all 8th graders in New Jersey — to try flip phones for a week. Maya said her […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/23/cbs-news-we-asked-four-teens-to-swap-their-smartphones-for-flip-phones-heres-what-happened/

  37. Recent research highlights the correlation between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and problematic smartphone use (PSU).

    Learn about the impact of OCD symptoms on smartphone usage and the urgent need for further research in this area.
    medriva.com/health/mental-heal

    #SmartphoneUsage #OCD #MentalHealth