The cell phone is so incorporated into our routine that no one thinks about why some people can’t let go of it even when they walk.
It is the era of connectivity and you can feel that if you don’t have your cell phone in your hand you are missing something. Despite the great usefulness it represents for communicating and performing tasks such as working and studying, the cell phone becomes a great source of anxiety if its use is not properly controlled.
There are cases in which the person He doesn’t put down his cell phone even to walkwhether to read or respond to a message, take a call or simply distract yourself. Studies suggest that those who do this, it deviates 61% from its trajectory and is in danger of colliding with something or someone.
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The meaning of walking with your cell phone in your hand, according to psychology
World Psychiatry published a research called “The brain online: how the internet may be changing our cognition.” In it it was stated that social networks train the brain and they get you used to receiving small, short bursts of information. This has direct consequences on attention and concentration sustained.
Gloria Markresearcher at the University of Californiaexplained in a publication made by the American Psychological Association, that the average ability to sustained attention went from 2.5 minutes in 2004 to 47 seconds in the last five years.
According to a study from the University of Chicago, led by Professor Adrian Ward, cell phone attachment directly impacts the way you walk. Explains that when you talk on the phone while walking, The speed is reduced by 13% and the trajectory is deviated by 61%.
This can cause accidents since our attention is totally stolen by the device while we walk in an open space: we can collide with something or someone, fall, or simply with the insecurity of each neighborhood our cell phone can be stolen.
Psychology affirms that certain phenomena such as FOMO and the nomophobia They enter the scene and are a fundamental part of this behavior. He fear of being left out or missing something It causes anxiety, and can be linked to social, work or academic areas.
What these studies teach us is that This behavior is linked to excessive cell phone use.something that can lead to worrying anxiety disorders or phenomena of another magnitude such as accidents on public roads. Having controlled cell phone use and having hours of rest is essential to not fall into these dynamics and maintain a responsible technological life.
Source: Ambito
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