We've all seen people so entranced by what's on their phone's screen that they completely miss out on the world around them. They might even walk into telephone poles or wander into traffic if they're trying to walk and scroll at the same time. They're basically modern world zombies when they're absorbed by their screens. And, whether we admit it or not, many of us have been those zombies from time to time.
As it turns out, there's something to the trance-like state of phone scrolling, and it's backed up by science.