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Concerns about teen sexting overblown, according to new research
Two new studies from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center suggest that concerns about...
Sexting driven by peer pressure
‘Sexting’ is the practice of sending and receiving sexual images on a mobile phone. The study is one of the first academic...
Mobile phone electromagnetic field affects local glucose metabolism in the human brain
Recent PET-measurements in Turku, Finland, show that the GSM mobile phone electromagnetic field suppresses glucose metabolism...
Study reveals the rhythms of communications between people
A recent study, which analyzed around 9,000 million calls throughout almost a year period, is the first to identify features...
Study exposes habit formation in smartphone users
Popular media has raised the issue of repetitive and obsessive use of smartphones. Data collected in Finland and in USA presents...
Study shows more than half of all college students have been ‘sexted’
More than half of all college students have received sexually suggestive images via text messaging, and nearly 80 percent...
Attachment to cellphones more about entertainment, less about communication
That panicked feeling we get when the family pet goes missing is the same when we misplace our mobile phone, says a Kansas...
Smart phones not replacing other media for news access
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that mobile media technologies such as smart phones aren’t taking people...
Multi-tasking on the street not a good idea for older people
Older adults may put themselves at risk by talking on cell phones while crossing the street, researchers report in a new...
Dialing certain numbers on a cell phone changes your emotional state
A psychological scientist in Germany has found a way that cell phones, and specifically texting, have hacked into our brains....
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