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Belgium banned smartphones in schools… Did it work?

One year after the smartphone ban in Belgium and Flanders, the first results are in. Did banning phones at school improve students’ focus, wellbeing and social interaction — or did it mainly shift smartphone use to after school?

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Why do you keep scrolling? The Psychology behind Social Media

You intend to open Instagram for “just a second”, and suddenly, you’ve fallen headfirst into 45 minutes of doomscrolling. I’m sure I’m not the only one who deals with this daily. However, I don’t believe, and neither does science, that this is on us, social media users.

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