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Do you Have Popcorn Brain?
Imagine this — you are doing your homework at your ____.
Suddenly, ____ remember that your mom asked you to call her.
When you pick up your ____, a message pops up.
It is for a new video from your favorite ____.
You watch the ____ and keep watching many other short videos.
____, you hear another sound.
____ is a sale on the shoes that you really want.
You were going to ask your mom to buy them for ____.
Wait, you forgot to call her two hours ____!
If this ____ feels like yours, you may have “popcorn brain.”
It is easy to ____ popcorn brain when you do many things at the same time on your smartphone.
You keep moving down the screen and clicking, and many thoughts pop up ____, like popcorn in a pan!
If it happens at night, ____ may have trouble sleeping.
More importantly,
More importantly, ____ with popcorn brain have trouble paying attention.
They ____ concentrate on one thing for a long time.
In a study, people were able to focus on one thing for 2.5 ____ in 2004.
Nowadays, people can only ____ for 47 seconds.
If you do not want to have popcorn brain, you need to make some ____.
Here are some ____.
Put ____ your phone. Leave it in another room when you need to focus.
Get moving. Play some ____ with your friends.
Enjoy the small things in life. ____ the sunshine and look at the sky.
Try to focus on one thing for a long time. ____ a book.
Smartphones are ____.
They connect people and make life ____.
However, using ____ too much can hurt your brain and your mind.
It is important to ____ down on screen time.
Are you ready to ____ it a try?