The world’s largest online dating company – which runs Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, The League and more – is being sued for making its apps too addictive. Are we swiping right into a trap?
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Vapes will have to come in ‘pharmacy-like packaging’. The permissible nicotine concentrations and volumes will be reduced, and single-use, disposable vapes will be banned.
Problem binge-watching is associated with anxiety and depression.
New research has identified the main triggers of this psychological phenomenon, the contexts in which it happens and the types of fears involved in it.
Clinically speaking, you can’t become addicted to a device, but you can develop behavioural addictions to smartphone functions.
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Associate Professor of Cyberpsychology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Psychology, Bournemouth University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor, HBKU Qatar and Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University
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PhD Candidate in Computing and Informatics, Bournemouth University
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Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and Research Supervisor, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney