Our mobile phones have now become like organs, we can hardly live without them. In fact, this frequent use causes an interesting syndrome in the vast majority of mobile phone users: Ghost Vibration Syndrome.
Even if the phone in our pocket does not vibrate, sometimes we think it does. When we think that we have received a notification and look at the screen and see no notification, we understand that we have a wrong feeling. Moreover, this feeling is quite common among people. According to scientific research; 90% of phone users experience this situation, 10% of these people feel the syndrome very often.
Ghost Vibration Syndrome, which is in the field of neuroscience, is actually another syndrome. phantom limb syndromeIt is related to , and takes its name from here. Here is the reason for this interesting game our brain plays on us:
First, it is useful to explain the Phantom Limb Syndrome.
Even if a limb has been amputated, it is sometimes perceived as if it is actually in place. Brain, your amputated limb senses that there is a problem where it is and creates a feeling that comes from the non-existent limb.
There is a similar situation in Ghost Vibration Syndrome.
The reason why we feel vibration even though it is not vibrating is because of the secretion of our brain. due to dopamine. According to neuroscientists, a need for dopamine arises in our brain when we do not receive notifications for a while, since notifications that we look forward to from our loved ones cause this hormone to be released. This causes a signal to be sent by the brain to the body, thus creating a sense of vibration.
University of California Prof. Dr. As Larry Rosen points out, For this reason, we can perceive other vibrations that we experience in daily life as phone vibration. When our trousers rub against something, when our chair moves, we immediately think of the possibility of notification.
So is it possible to get rid of this feeling?
According to researches; turn off vibration Carrying the phone in a different pocket can be effective 75%, 63%, and using another phone 50%. Fasting on social media and choosing to talk instead of texting can also reduce the effect of this syndrome.
This situation manifested itself in the period before mobile phones. “Ghost Call Syndrome” was showing. The phone was thought to be ringing, although it did not ring. This feeling is often manifested in the sounds of doorbells and recess bells today.
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