The phone fix : the brain-focused guide to building healthy digital habits and breaking bad ones
Begeti, Faye, Dr2025
Books, Manuscripts
The average person spends four to five hours a day on their phone, about a third of the time they are awake. We self-interrupt our work and social lives, forgo sleep, procrastinate important tasks and opt for digital distraction when we're bored or feel uncomfortable. NHS neurology doctor and neuroscientist Faye Begeti describes what is happening in our brain when we use our phones and why we have formed so many fixed and negative habits around them. She reflects on both deliberate choices and automatic behaviours, whilst also challenging myths around digital 'addiction', how dopamine actually works and the harmfulness of blue light. Rather than recommending a quick fix digital diet, or total abstinence - unviable for most people - this book offers a practical guide, based on neuroscientific techniques, on building supportive digital habits.
Main title:
Author:
Begeti, Faye, Dr, author
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2025.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781803285573 (pbk)
Dewey class:
302.231019302.231
LC class:
HM742
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4064674