Author: Claire Hart, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Southampton

Picture this: you’re out for dinner with your partner. The food arrives, the conversation flows – and then their phone buzzes. They glance down, smile faintly and start typing. You sit there, fork in hand, suddenly invisible. That moment has a name: phubbing, a mash-up of “phone” and “snubbing.” It’s become an almost inevitable feature […]