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Brain & behaviour influences (Multitasking (Definition: the…
Brain &
behaviour influences
Psychological
Addiction
Signs
(Ramsden, 2016)
Spending hours looking at nonsense.
The first thing to do in the morning.
Monitoring “likes” closely.
Devastating about WiFi.
dopamine
a "feel good chemical" ("Smartphone Addiction", 2015)
motivates people to seek pleasure-giving rewards ("Smartphone Addiction", 2015)
The rewards got from seeking make people seek more: dopamine loops (Weinschenk, 2012).
Phantom Vibration Syndrome
People mistakenly think their mobile phone is vibrating in their pocket (Henderson, 2016)
Nine of 10 people suffer from this syndrom (Henderson, 2016)
Multitasking
Definition: the performance of multiple tasks at one time (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
e.g.driving while texting.
Reduced ability to ignore distractions and focus on pertinent information ("Media Multi-Tasking", 2015).
Multitasking hinders youth social skills (Milian, 2016).
Affect academic performance negatively (Lau, 2016).