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Smartphone Users More Developed In Area Of Brain Related To Touch

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Smartphones are changing our brains. That’s according to a studyin the journal Current Biology

The trait is more pronounced in musicians such as violinists, but smartphone users are more developed in the region of their brains that is associated with touch, or movement of a thumb across a touchscreen.