Technology and the Mind Addicted to Phones? April Frawley Birdwell January 18, 2007 University of Florida News: Health, Research Technology http//news.ufledu/2007/01/1 addiction Turn off your cell phones and pagers as For most people, heeding these warnings in hospitals or at the movies is as simple pressing a button. But for a growing number of people across the globe,the idea of s being out of touch, even just for a 90-minute movie, is enough to induce anxiety, says a University of Florida psychologist who studies addictions to the Internet and other technologies. Although cellular phones and personal digital assistants such as the BlackBerry were created to make modern life more convenient, theyre actually beginning to interfere in the lives of users who don\'t know when to turn them off, says Lisa Merlo, an assistant lo professor of psychiatry in the UF College of Medicine. \"It\'s not so much talking on the phone that\'s typically the problem although that can have too said. (ts this need to be connected, to know what\'s going on and be available to other people. That\'s one of the hallmarks of cell phone addiction s Unlike addictions to alcohol,drugs or even gambling, it can be hard to pinpoint problematic cell phone use. Almost everyone has a cel phone and uses tregularly. But if someone can\'t get through dinner without sending text messages or furiousy typing on a personal digital assistant during a meeting it maybetime to take astepback.Merko sad How people respond to being separated from their cell phones or PDAsisanother 20 Frequent users often become anxious when they are forced to turn off the phone they forget it at so much so that they can\'t theyre Merlo added often, cell phone addicts compulsively check their phones for voicemails and text messages, she said. \"When (cell phone overuse) really becomes problematic for a lot of people is fthey 2s have underlying anxiety or depression she said. is can really exacerbate it or (cause) their symptoms to manifest themselves For example, someone who already worries about what others think of them could become easily agitated if their phone calls or messages aren\'t returned right away. \"This is something that is going to affect them on a day-to-day basis Merko said. 30 The problem seems to be growing A Japanese study revealed that children with cell phones often don\'t make friends with their less tech-sawy peers, a Hungarian study found that three-fourths of children had mobile phones and an Italian study showed that one quarter of adolescents owned multiple phones and many claimed to be addicted to them. A British study also recently found that 36 percent of college students 35 surveyed said they could not get by without cell phones. But this may be more a sign that students view cell phones as a modern necessity like a car, said David Sheffield, a psychologist who conducted the study at Staffordshire University in England
The world now a days is digital. Everyone around the world are using the cellular phones, expect some remote areas. In countries like India the number of celluar phones are more than the actual population this is due the use of 2 or more cellular phones by the same persons. Many researches are saying that using a mobile phone while working will reduce your accuracy to the 10%. As mentioned in Paragraph so many are also losing there jobs simply by using there mobile phones.
Mobile phones are a piece of technology which are created for our usage but now the situation is different as we are mostly depended on mobile phones. many children are using mobile phones for palying mobile games so that they are not having any physical excersice . when it comes to the student, many of them are using there phones in the classroom which makes them impossible to concentrate on classes. The people are losing there life partners because there are more concentrating in mobile phones than in there loved ones
I know that the mobile phones are very important gadgets now a days. we should be in a way such that we should know where to use the mobile phones and where to not. There are only created for our use. we should use them in such a way. By taking your eyes from mobile phones to the people,work,class,loved one we can get a good results in our life
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