How to overcome Phone Addiction

Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by andai on Saturday January 02, 2021 @09:49PM (#25618881)

Reminds me of the experiments on rats, where they couldn't even convince them to try heroin (-laced water) if they were living in a natural environment, whereas the rats stuck in cages became addicted to heroin immediately.

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Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by latexr on Saturday January 02, 2021 @11:02PM (#25619310)

For anyone interested in learning more, search for “rat park”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park

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Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by wisty on Sunday January 03, 2021 @01:38AM (#25620021)

Extraordinary results, but even the author's graduate student had difficulty replicating them.

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Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by rsanek on Sunday January 03, 2021 @01:25AM (#25619969)

and be sure not to miss the Criticisms section of that Wiki.

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Re:How to overcome Phone Addiction by greggman3 on Sunday January 03, 2021 @02:26AM (#25620210)

Sadly that fun story was mostly discredited

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