“We took a large sample of healthy working professionals, turned their phones into gray for three weeks and saw on average people spent one hour less on their phones every single day.”

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Phone Addiction Scientist: Doing This Gives You An Hour Back Every Day! | Dr Sahar Yousef

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changed participants' phone display to grayscale for three weeks and measured daily screen time

1 hour less per day (7 hours per week)

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