The Science Behind Phone Addiction—and How to Overcome It

How digital dependency can affect your life, and what you can do about it.

Too much phone time can impact relationships, especially when it replaces other activities. Biba Kayewich

Here’s a scene we’re all familiar with: You’re dining out at your favorite restaurant, and you look around the room to see most of the people at other tables sitting in silence, scrolling through their phones.

Or you notice drivers cruising down the highway at high speed while tapping their phone screen. Or you pass a bus stop with a dozen kids who aren’t talking or joking together, but instead quietly and individually staring at their phones.