“ Turn off the “ding” sound when you get a text message so that instead of your phone saying, “Hey, check me now,” you decide ...

Ian Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Wendy Wood is professor emerita of psychology and business at the University of Southern California.

Maybe you are. How exactly would you know? The digital police aren’t going to flag you when you’ve met your technology threshold. On the other hand, constant use has become normalized. The toddler ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about ...

I write quite a lot about the interaction of technology and addiction. Typically, I’m focused on the ways in which technology serves as a driver for addiction. For instance, digital technologies are ...

Like food, technology is a crucial part of our daily lives. Texting during the day and watching TV at night doesn't mean a person has an addiction, but it is important to evaluate how often and to ...

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Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have proposed to ban social media use by children. Why their move makes urgent sense ...