Feeling nervous away from your iPhone?
With some exceptions, most of you don't change your wife or husband every two years for a younger and thinner "model". The holders iPhone may maintain and to feel that they are in a similar relationship with their device. As in all the relationships they have endure in time, separation can lead to negative psychological consequences.
A new study carried out by the research team from the University of Missouri, shows that users iPhone, should avoid separation with the iPhone them during the their daily activities, which require special concentration, such as written exams, making important decisions; or assignment of work to third parties.
"The findings, suggest that separation can be affects negatively affect performance in decision-making"
,reports the Russell Clayton, doctoral candidate and head of the author of the study.
"The results of the study show us that the iPhone is able to become an extension of ourselves, like an extension of a long-term relationship, experiencing a significant loss, at the our separation from the device and a negative psychology."
The study showed that users who were unable to answer incoming calls from their devices, they had a hard time to solve a simple word puzzle, while at the same time the heartbeat and the their blood pressure were increasing.
The reduced performance in solving the puzzle was completely changed picture, when the users iPhone were in possession of the iOS their device.
The study is entitled "The Extended iSelf: The Impact of iPhone Separation on Cognition, Emotion and Physiology" and can be accessed via the following link:
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