How your phone hooks you: dopamine, infinite scroll and the slot machine in your pocket
Turning off notifications: what happened when scientists tried it
Turning off every notification sounds like the cure for a phone that keeps calling you. Scientists tested it for two weeks, next to a few other ways. The people with no notifications at all did worst. So which way did best?
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Miva wants to help you undo some of the hooks. The first idea is simple: turn off every notification.
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In 2019, scientists tried that, and more. For two weeks, over 200 people were split into four groups. One group got notifications as usual. One got them in a single batch every hour. One got a batch three times a day. And one got none at all.
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