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Are Drifting Thoughts Making Us Scroll More Than We Realize?

A study has found that people who often drift into thought without trying tend to use their phones more for social activities. The connection appears to involve a mental focus on staying aware of the digital world, which researchers describe as online vigilance. They also found that people with strong mindfulness skills showed weaker links between drifting thoughts and social phone use. The research used real smartphone data from 188 U.S. colleg…
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digitalinformationworld.com broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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