Phone use is changing your brain 过度使用手机会影响大脑生理机能

Mindlessly scrolling again? Well, did you know that using your phone is actually changing your brain?

你又在漫无目的地刷手机？你知道吗？过度使用手机会影响大脑生理机能。

344 times a day
每天查看手机344次

Source: Data: Reviews.org
数据来源：Reviews.org

Every day in the US, people are spending at least three hours on their phones, checking them 344 times. That's once every four minutes.

在美国，每人平均每天用在看手机上的时间至少为3个小时，查看344次。这相当于每4分钟看一次手机。

The more we use them, the more we want to check them and find it harder to resist.

我们用手机的次数越多，就越想再多看一眼，而且越看越停不下来。

Memory and focus disrupted
记忆力和注意力受到干扰

That means our brains are distracted, disrupting our memory and focus.

这就意味着我们的思想无法集中，记忆力和注意力都受到了影响。

Source: American Psychological Association
来源：美国心理协会

Even a single notification slows reactions and increases mistakes.

甚至听到一个手机消息提示音都会使大脑的反应速度变慢并增加犯错的次数。

Source: University of Chicago
来源：美国芝加哥大学

And if you can't see or reach your phone, say it's in another room, it's easier to solve problems.

而如果你看不见或者够不着你的手机，比如手机放在另一个房间里，这时你解决问题的能力会得到提升。

The issue is that just one quick post, tweet or message can often lead to more and more scrolling.

问题是你本来只想拿起手机发个帖子、发条博文或消息，可往往一拿起来就放不下了。

So, if you're doing too much of this, it might be time to do this.

所以，如果你总是忍不住刷手机，现在也许是时候该把它收起来了。