Mindless scrolling can disturb quality of cognitive processing: NIMHANS researchers

With smartphones all-pervasive, scrolling mindlessly has become an ingrained behaviour in many people’s daily lives. To understand the psychosocial factors associated with this habit, a team of researchers from NIMHANS conducted a review of literature related to “mindless scrolling syndrome”. The review article titled “Scrolling Mindlessly: Emerging Mental Health Implications of Social Networking Sites” has been published in the Journal of Public Health and Primary Care. “Despite the rapid progression of the digital age and the growing incidence of scrolling on social networking sites, there are no diagnosis or diagnostic criteria yet, and very few cases of social media addiction have been clinically diagnosed,” he said. Such measures will go a long way in preventing or helping solve the problem.” Digital detox Advising that people with the habit of mindless scrolling can make use of the digital detox helpline at SHUT Clinic, Dr. Sharma said, “People can call 9480829675 and seek help.