More frequent smartphone checking behavior is associated with greater incidences of daily cognitive failures, according to new research published in the British Journal of Psychology. However, the new findings also ...
Do you get frequent migraines? If so, your cellphone might be making them worse. A study published in Brain and Behavior indicates that frequent cellphone usage could worsen pain associated ...
A study using functional magnetic resonant imaging (fMRI) compared brain activities of persons suffering from smartphone addiction (excessive smartphone use) and those who use their smartphones in a less intrusive ...
Published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, researchers found that problematic smartphone use is linked with low self-esteem as well as negative cognitive outcomes.
Researchers in China investigated the consequences of smartphone addiction on creativity. Using imaging technology, they measured cortical responses to creative tasks. The results indicate that smartphone addiction negatively influences the ...
A recent survey of students in Italy found that smartphone addiction and online compulsive buying are related. Additionally, the mental activities a person uses to regulate his/her mood strengthen that ...
A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports lends support to a body of research suggesting that reading on electronic devices reduces comprehension. The study found that reading on a smartphone ...
A new study offers evidence that smartphone use can actually increase communication between romantic partners. Being dependent on one’s smartphone, however, leads to lower relationship satisfaction and reduced affectionate communication. ...
New research published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that being absorbed by your smartphone might bear some resemblance to a hypnotic trance. A hypnosis experiment found that students with heightened ...
A recently published study provides new insight into the brain mechanisms underlying addictive smartphone use. The research, which appears in the journal Addictive Behaviors, found evidence of altered neural activity ...
A recently published study -- which included two controlled experiments -- has found that smartphone use can lead to a diminished ability to analyze and reason about the meaning of ...
New research provides some initial evidence that distractions like smartphones could contribute to obesity, according to new research published in Physiology & Behavior. "I have studied mastication and oral physiology ...
People who feel psychologically dependent on their smartphone also tend to be less happy with their romantic relationship, according to research published in Psychology of Popular Media Culture. "My primary ...
Ella, who is in her early 20s, has depression. When her sleep started to fall away after a stressful term at school, her smartphone was programmed to note the late-night ...
New research has found a link between childhood emotional maltreatment and problematic smartphone use in adolescents. The study appears in the journal Psychiatry Research. "Childhood emotional maltreatment has important adverse ...
