We know that smartphone addiction can affect lives in negative ways. A 2017 University of Texas study claimed that merely(place) a smartphone in someone's line of sight slowed down their productivity and reduced their grades. earlier study from London found students who didn't use smartphones saw their test scores increase by 64 percent.
It is(extreme) difficult to go through the social media detox. Some people have even tried punishing(they) for using their devices. Now, an app is being released(发行）in the UK that rewards people for staying away from their smartphones. The app, called Hold, (create) by three Norwegian university students, who found that positive rewarding was the most (effect) way of motivating students to conquer smartphone addition. Hold allows students to collect points for staying away from their devices between the hours of 7 am. 11 p. m; they get 10 points for ever 20 minutes. The points(collect) can be used for discounts on everything from cinema tickets to food and drinks. A cinema ticket, for example, costs 60 points, or 2 hours' staying away from a phone.
Over 120,000 people in Norway, of 40% are college students, use the app. It's now availablestudents from over 170 universities in the UK.
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