It's likely the first thing you reach for when you wake up, and the last thing you look at before bed: your phone. Perpetually glued to our fingertips, our phones always manage to bring a couple of their friends along, too. (You may know them as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.) It may seem harmless, but those hours spent double-tapping and texting can actually change your brain.
As technology continues to develop, our brains are having to adjust to these new technologies. Our method of absorbing information is changing, our memories are being impacted, and even the way we read is being altered.
As Michael Y. Simon, a psychotherapist based in Oakland, Calif., tells Bustle, "Technology always changes us, as we change technology." In other words, our everyday Internet activities are more deeply rooted than you'd think. Here's the way our brains are responding to some of our favorite social media.