Most of us whose brains haven’t been fried by overuse of “smart” phones have tacitly assumed that there are great dangers to the overuse of those devices. Now, researchers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia are confirming for us what we thought we knew.

Specifically, the researchers used findings from psychiatric, psychological, and neuro-imaging studies to conclude that the internet and our phones are harming our social skills as well as our ability to focus and to remember things.