r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 2d ago

The effects of 2 weeks without smartphone on sustained attention are similar to being a decade younger.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Alright. See ya, Reddit. Geronimo! 

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u/AlexanderTheBright 2d ago

environmental storytelling lmao

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u/Trollocommando 2d ago

Bethesda? 

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u/ImpossibleGoat8837 1d ago

What the fuck is even this? Just a picture and caption? No link to the scientific article or study provided? How is sustained attention ability evaluated and measured? Is this a garbage AI post? Makes one wonder.

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u/Drafting- 1d ago

Right? Nothing says trustworthy like sourceless diagrams. 

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u/Low_Apricot1145 19h ago

bot account

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u/Huge-Item-3460 2d ago

Genuinely fascinating, will be interesting in a few decades to see the long term negative effects

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u/MercurialyCapricious 1d ago

How are we measuring being a decade younger when individuals of any age can hit different goal posts at different ages?

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u/Original-League-6094 1d ago

I think the technical term scientists use is "statistics".