What excessive screen time does to the adult brain
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What excessive screen time does to the adult brain
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#2Regarding the recommendation to not spend the first hour of the day in front of the screen. I found the other way around more helpful: Not spending the last 1-2 hours in front of screens. This helps me to get better sleep. In the morning, I find it not so difficult and screen time (+coffee) helps me to wake up slowly.
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#3Regarding the recommendation to not spend the first hour of the day in front of the screen. I found the other way around more helpful: Not spending the last 1-2 hours in front of screens. This helps me to get better sleep. In the morning, I find it not so difficult and screen time (+coffee) helps me to wake up slowly.
What do you do instead of TV/Computer before bed?
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#4and many spend 8 hours at work in front a screen :(
Re: What excessive screen time does to the adult brain
#5Regarding the recommendation to not spend the first hour of the day in front of the screen. I found the other way around more helpful: Not spending the last 1-2 hours in front of screens. This helps me to get better sleep. In the morning, I find it not so difficult and screen time (+coffee) helps me to wake up slowly.
What do you do instead of TV/Computer before bed?
What about a nice book?
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#6and many spend 8 hours at work in front a screen :(
"screentime" is the worst term because it has almost nothing to do with what they're actually talking about - i.e. does an eReader count as screentime? Why? Why does a book not?
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#7Regarding the recommendation to not spend the first hour of the day in front of the screen. I found the other way around more helpful: Not spending the last 1-2 hours in front of screens. This helps me to get better sleep. In the morning, I find it not so difficult and screen time (+coffee) helps me to wake up slowly.
I think both make sense. Although I go through phases of following it. I find that in the first few hours of the morning, I prefer to limit inputs to things I don't have control over but instead achieve some small to do list items (starting with making bed). Things I know I can get done and build some momentum. A few hours of productivity gives me enough momentum to take in external inputs.
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#8On my family's iPhones, we have a Shortcut (automation) that kicks in every evening at 9 pm:
1. Turn Mobile Data Off
2. Turn Bluetooth Off
3. Turn WiFi Off
4. Turn AppleTV off (this one is fun because it can cut off a show mid-sentence)
5. Set brightness to 10%.
Then, a reverse of the above at 6am the following day.
Normal phone signal is still enabled for any emergency calls, but most apps become useless without the internet.
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#9and many spend 8 hours at work in front a screen :(
8 hours in front of a screen while working is not the same as 8 hours doomscrolling content, at least that's my guess.
Re: What excessive screen time does to the adult brain
#10Regarding the recommendation to not spend the first hour of the day in front of the screen. I found the other way around more helpful: Not spending the last 1-2 hours in front of screens. This helps me to get better sleep. In the morning, I find it not so difficult and screen time (+coffee) helps me to wake up slowly.
I try and avoid screens before sleep but also use a Kindle for reading before sleeping - wondering if the e-ink displays count as screen time in studies like this?