A social media ban helped the Socceroos win at the World Cup. Should we follow suit?

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'Mentally it’s the biggest thing ... it affects your brain.' Australian coach Graham Arnold has said the social media ban helps his players perform at their peak. Will it help us, too? | SamanthaSMorris

? It’s only the second time in Australian football history.

Has the Socceroos coach inadvertently given the rest of us a road map to more easily achieving our own goals, whatever they may be? This is because the repeated dopamine hits we get when we scroll on social media damage our ability to focus on any task that’s challenging or slightly boring, says Smith.

“We’re in a sense sort of conditioning ourselves away from staying on difficult, challenging tasks [or] anything slightly boring,” says Smith. So just how long do we need to stay off social media to reap the cognitive benefits and become more able to focus on tasks?

 

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SamanthaSMorris Arnold should know this very well from no comment is good comment

SamanthaSMorris Exept they were all on social media after the match. If Arnold banned it, then they ignored him......

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