Changing Your Brain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20230403-how-cellphones-have-changed-our-brains
There's an interesting article on the BBC website about how mobile phones change your brain. Not by radiation but by learning and adaptation. The more you do something, the more you, the more you think about doing that first, setting down neural pathways in your brain that tell us, 'You found the answer on your phone last time; try that again.' And you do, whatever it is.
But even just checking a phone can establish those neural pathways that urge you to recheck your precheck your phone, and again, and then again, in case you missed something. Something that can be an hour, or a whole evening, or growing up as part of a loving, communciating family. One of the most dangerous examples is phone use while driving. One study found that just speaking on the phone made driver reactions slower. Simply hearing a notification "ding" made participants of another study perform a lot worse on a task – almost as badly as participants who were speaking or texting on the phone during the task.
Helping Cards can help. We considered making them as an app but immediately thought that apps were part of the problem. So we did it the old-fashioned way, prioritising face-to-face communication and the traditional values of helping each other, working together for the common good, and learning and affirming the solid, essential coping and life skills that all adults need.