One Potentially Negative Effect of Our Over-Reliance on Our Smartphones

question 24

Multiple Choice

One potentially negative effect of our over-reliance on our smartphones is that their mere presence, even if we're not using them, reduces our available cognitive capacity, a phenomenon researchers call____.

• A) nomophobia
• B) the brain drain hypothesis
• C) neural plasticity
• D) fear of missing out (FOMO)

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Definitions:

Mittelschmerz

A pain on one side of the lower abdomen which occurs midway through a menstrual cycle, associated with ovulation.

Circumcision

A surgical procedure that involves the removal of the foreskin from the human penis, often performed for religious, cultural, or medical reasons.

Prostatectomy

A surgical procedure for the partial or complete removal of the prostate gland.

Artificial Insemination

A fertility treatment method involving the direct insertion of sperm into a woman's womb.