Category: Technology

Study suggests smartphones can predict brain function associated with anxiety and depression

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From the Dartmouth College press release: Information on social activity, screen time and location from smartphones can predict connectivity between regions of the brain that are responsible for emotion, according… Read more »

Study suggests gamifying interventions may improve mental health

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From the PLOS press release: A new randomized control trial has found that turning mobile mental health intervention into a smartphone game can potentially improve well-being. Published September 2, 2020… Read more »

Study suggests panic when away from smartphone linked to feelings of inadequacy

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From the Ohio State University press release: Feelings of panic when a person is away from their smartphone could be connected to general feelings of inadequacy and inferiority, a new… Read more »

Study suggests link between fear of being out of mobile phone contact and poor sleep health

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From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release: A new study found that the fear of being out of mobile phone contact — “nomophobia” — is extremely common among… Read more »

Study looks at the effects of smartphone use on parenting

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From the Wiley press release: Parents may worry that spending time on their smartphones has a negative impact on their relationships with their children. However, a new comprehensive analysis published… Read more »

Study links higher parental stress to low screen-time enforcement

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From the University of Guelph press release: When parents are under stress, household rules about screen time often get abandoned, new University of Guelph research finds. A first of its… Read more »

Study looks at why smartphones are digital truth serum

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From the American Marketing Association press release: Researchers from University of Pennsylvania published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explains that the device people use to communicate can affect… Read more »