Hypernatural Monitoring: A Social Rehearsal Account of Smartphone Addiction

Hypernatural Monitoring: A Social Rehearsal Account of Smartphone Addiction

We present a deflationary account of smartphone addiction by situating this purportedly antisocial phenomenon within the fundamentally social dispositions of our species. While we agree with contemporary critics that the hyper-connectedness and unpredictable rewards of mobile technology can modulate...

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Main Authors: Samuel P. L. Veissière, Moriah Stendel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
smartphone addiction
social neuroscience
evolutionary anthropology
predictive-processing
cultural affordances
social rehearsal
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00141/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00141/full

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