Is your smart phone hacking your brain?
Programmers of social media apps and increasing range of other apps apply neuroscience to program your brain.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/brain-hacking-2/
Programmers of social media apps and increasing range of other apps apply neuroscience to program your brain.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/brain-hacking-2/
I’m not a CBS subscriber so I wasn’t able to watch the video. Here is a related article.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/04/10/former-google-programmer-speaks-out-about-brain-hacking-and-the-addictive-nature
Here is an interesting article about the effects of smart phone usage on cognitive performance, interpersonal relating and memory.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/glue/201501/is-your-smartphone-making-you-dumb
Here is another article explaining how GPS smart phone apps affect the brains natural ability to navigate. The author argues smart phone users are becoming navigational idiots.
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/11/gps-brain-function-memory-navigation-maps-apps/
An article on the engineered addiction embedded in smart phone apps. Anderson Cooper interviews multiple techies about the subject.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brain-hacking-tech-insiders-60-minutes/