HCII 2021: Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications pp 476-495 | Cite as Conference paper First Online: 03 July 2021 377 Downloads Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 12763) Abstract It has been argued that consuming social and micro-targeted digital content rapidly and continuously arouses the brain into an impulsive, dopamine-fueled, ‘automatic’ flow state that leads to excessive and unhealthy smartphone use.