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This is what happens to your brain when you check your smartphone before bed

Most of us are aware of the fact that using a smartphone or tablet before bedtime is bed, but this is what really happens to...

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Most of us are aware of the fact that using a smartphone or tablet before bedtime is bed, but this is what really happens to your brain and body.

The smartphone and tablet are wonderful inventions and most of us are pretty addicted to those devices. We use them all day long and even a few seconds before we actually close our eyes, we have still have the smartphone or tablet glued to our hands. But this is not a healthy behaviour, it keeps your brain active. The light of the screen will give a signal to your brain that it is far from bedtime.

Although most of us are aware of the fact that staring at screens right before you go to sleep is pretty bad for your brain and body – well at least should be aware of this fact. But research shows that staring at screens before going to sleep turned to be a lot worse than previously thought.

In the short video below Dr. Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, lays out all of the negative effects bedtime screen viewing can have on the brain and body. He will show you what exactly happens to your brain and he will give you a good reason not to use your mobile or tablet before going to bed (at least an hour before bedtime). So be sure to check out the video below!

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