Tag: Manasi Garg

Goal-Directed or Algorithmically Captured? Analyzing Attention in the Smartphone Era

While researchers are studying the relationship between smartphone and media use and attention, existing studies are limited by reliance on cross-sectional surveys, self-reports, and experimental designs that fail to capture naturalistic, moment-to-moment behavior or the qualitative nature of digital content. In this paper, I address these gaps using a mixed-methods approach using Screenome data from the Human Screenome Project to study smartphone use and attention...

Honors Posters at Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Public Service [April 25, 2026]

Destiny Tran Saucedo-Martinez and Manasi Garg presented their respective honors theses "Engagement, Exploitation, Exposure: Algorithmic Persuasion and Explicit Content in the Screenome" and "Addiction or Agency? Examining Attention in the Smartphone Age"

Manasi Garg

Honors Recipient Symbolic Systems Stanford University Honors Thesis: Goal-Directed or Algorithmically Captured? Analyzing Attention in the Smartphone Era Recipient of the Robert Glushko Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Symbolic Systems Manasi Garg (she/her) is an undergraduate studying Symbolic Systems with a concentration in Neuroscience. She is interested in utilizing psychology research and policy… Read more Manasi Garg

The Attention Economy and Mental Health: Anxiety as a moderator between ADHD symptoms, phone use, and sleep

In 2024, 90% of adults and 95% of teens in the United States report having access to a smartphone (Pew Research Center). Smartphones have been shown to impact attention.