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