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I didn't see anything about what the mechanism might be. Why would not having a smartphone in school affect sleep time, which I presume occurs at home? As a gu
by tzs 2y ago
I didn't see anything about what the mechanism might be. Why would not having a smartphone in school affect sleep time, which I presume occurs at home?
As a guess maybe without a smartphone the students pay attention more in class, which leads to them completing homework faster, meaning less having to stay up late for that? I'm guessing UK schools do give homework, because Hogwarts gives homework and I presume JK Rowling modeled Hogwarts after real UK school practice.
Or maybe not having a smartphone directly improves mood, and people in a better mood have an easier time getting to sleep?
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoDoesn’t screw up your dopamine system
- phire 2y agoBecause it wasn't a "smartphone ban". They convinced a group of students to give up their phones completely for 21 days, outside of school too. The reason why they went to bed sooner is somewhat obvious. It's not something you can replicate as a longer term policy, the students only participated because they knew it was short term and (presumably) they were rewarded for it. And I suspect the effects only work in the short term. You removed their primary source of distraction and they simply wasn't enough time to develop new distraction habits. When I was a teen, I distracted myself from bed with TV, books and the family desktop computer.