Mind Over Limits

New Study: Turn Off Mobile Web, Turn Up Your Focus

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Smartphones, for all their brilliance, might be quietly undermining our minds. A February 2025 study published by PNAS Nexus delivers one of the most conclusive pieces of evidence yet: blocking mobile internet access on smartphones improves sustained attention, boosts mental health, and enhances subjective well-being. This wasn’t just a light observation in a lab setting. […]