Wendy Zukerman

Is there anything that can actually get us off our phones that's science approved?

When it comes to scrolling, a lot of us have been endless scrolling, constant notifications, and then there's science.

Science versus scrolling.

We'll be right back just after the break.

Don't look at your phone.

Welcome back.

There's a lot of chat right now about how these tech giants have created social media apps designed to suck us in.

Now we're going to talk about how to get unsucked.

Time for the science with Beryl Horne, senior producer.

Hello.

Hi, Wendy.

It's been a while since we've been chatting about science.

Yeah, yeah, it has.

So...

Have you been spending all that time on your phone?

Seriously, do you have a problem with scrolling, do you think?

And, you know, this is a feeling that many of us have had, and it's kind of crazy to think about how pervasive this feeling is.

So, Meryl, when it comes to this question of how do we stop scrolling, I mean, where do we begin?

So that, I mean, that is why, yeah, we keep going back for more.

So then...