The iPhone effect on sleep (DW#706)
while ago, we talked about how having a cellphone within view (even when we are not checking it) impacts the quality of conversation and communication we are having.
It turns out that something similar is true for sleep.
Even if you are not checking your phone at or just before bedtime, having a phone within view orwithin reach can still impact the duration and quality of your sleep.
Studies on youth have found that sleeping with electronic devices within reach resulted in nearly an hour’s worth of difference in sleep for teens and preteens. It appears that youth (and presumably adults as well) are unconsciously "tuned in" to the sounds their devices make – even when they are set to vibrate.
The world of social media and WhatsApp we know, does not sleep, especially for those of us who have family and friends spread out all over the world.The chimes and notifications can obviously interfere with switching our brains off since we are left wondering what notifications we are missing. What may not be so obvious is that even when these notifications are turned off, simply having the phone in the room leads our attention to unconsciously be turned towards the notifications that we maybe receiving ….
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