# Smart phone habits and attention/cognition
**URL:** https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866
**Category:** Health
**Tags:** attention, health, parents, awareness
**Created:** [April 15, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866 "2018-04-15T19:05:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@healthyswimmer](https://community.humanetech.com/u/healthyswimmer)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866/1 "2018-04-15T19:05:09Z")
Here it is- information from National Institute of Health (USA)- there are consequences to smartphone habits.
Please take the time to read through this readable and important message on our most important organ- our brain!!
> **[Smartphones and Cognition: A Review of Research Exploring the Links between...](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5403814/)**
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> While smartphones and related mobile technologies are recognized as flexible and powerful tools that, when used prudently, can augment human cognition, there is also a growing perception that habitual involvement with these devices may have a ...
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### Author:  [@PatMc](https://community.humanetech.com/u/PatMc)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866/2 "2018-04-16T18:38:28Z")
This is a great article and look into the negative effects our habits are having on us. It’s amazing, yet terrifying, how smartphones can change our cognitive abilities. Thanks so much for sharing, @healthyswimmer!
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### Author:  [@healthyswimmer](https://community.humanetech.com/u/healthyswimmer)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866/3 "2018-04-17T02:57:06Z")
Good to hear you found value in this- not sure where you live but the NIH doesn’t waste time on fads so this is real.
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### Author:  [@JC3](https://community.humanetech.com/u/JC3)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866/4 "2018-04-17T04:56:05Z")
Wow, great article, thanks for sharing. I wonder if anyone has summarised this for a non scientific community, do you know? There was nothing about this in any mainstream media where I’m from…
Or is anyone planning to?
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### Author:  [@healthyswimmer](https://community.humanetech.com/u/healthyswimmer)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866/5 "2018-04-17T06:37:32Z")
Maybe I can try to do this., I have a medical background and trained to translate into layman’s terms for teaching the public how to take care of medical issues. Maybe I’ll bounce a draft off you first since you seem interested.
Great to hear from you, thx for your contribution!
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### Author:  [@JC3](https://community.humanetech.com/u/JC3)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/smart-phone-habits-and-attention-cognition/1866/6 "2018-04-17T08:38:42Z")
That sounds great, thank you!