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Study: Smartphone Addiction Increases Loneliness, Isolation

Paul Bois

Another “Duh!” study shows that people start to feel lonely and isolated when they spend all their time with an inanimate object, in this case, smartphones.

The study, conducted by researchers at San Francisco State University, compared smartphone addiction to opioid dependency, with both having equally negative effects on the mind and socialization of the individual.

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