Scientists from Canada's University of Waterloo have announced that they have completed the development of an application designed to combat social media addiction.
The innovation can also help people break the habit of mindlessly scrolling through their feeds.
The researchers published details of their development in the scientific journal Digital Library .
In particular, we are talking about a program, the essence of which is to color a chain of geometric figures.
Development details
As the scientists explained, the smartphone screen on which the innovation is installed shows an endless chain of various white figures.
The user is asked to color them during the period before they are replaced by other figures.
It is emphasized that this meditative practice can calm a person’s nervous system in just 10 minutes.
In addition, the principle of the application reduces the level of anxiety of a person and increases the “awareness of his actions”.
