How cell phones train our minds

4. when your sleep is frequently interrupted, either by frequent awakenings or a lack of restorative, high-quality sleep
8. the process of training or accustoming a person to behave a certain way
9. involving the modification of behavior by the reinforcing or inhibiting effect of its own consequences
11. an unconscious process where an automatic, conditioned response becomes associated with a specific stimulus

1. an alert (typically a pop-up or other message) generated by an application to notify the user of a new message, update, social media post, etc
2. a device that causes us to depend less on our brains
3. websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking
5. a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction
6. the mental process of interpreting, analyzing, and reacting to a stimulus with thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes
7. the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought
10. a reaction to something