Why We Become Addicted to Our Phones
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Why We Become Addicted to Our Phones

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Smartphone compulsion isn't a character flaw - it's the product of deliberate design.

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  1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

    Variable-ratio rat findings were not published in Science in 1948; they were developed in Skinner's 1938 book (cited in the article's references). The 1948 Science paper was 'Superstition in the Pigeon'.

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    In a paper published in Science in 1948, B.F. Skinner described the results of experiments in which rats received food pellets from a lever.

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    In his 1938 book The Behavior of Organisms, B.F. Skinner described the results of experiments in which rats received food pellets from a lever.

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