With the constant use of smartphones and social media, Dr Wendy Suzuki says we are reducing the potential for brain growth. She also offers ways to look beyond those screens.Screen addiction limits your potential for brain growth, for brain plasticity. It is going to limit your possibility for joy in your life. There are different kinds of joy that you have in real person-to-person social interactions that feels pretty good on social media if you get lots of likes, but it’s not the same,” Dr Wendy Suzuki, told host Steven Bartlett, the host of the popular podcast The Diary of a CEO.Smartphones ‘frying’ our brains refers to the increasing negative impact caused by the overuse of your phone. It suggests the state of the brain is overstimulated and possibly harmed by constant dopamine hits and stress responses owing to frequent smartphone use.