Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
07/16/2013
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It's happened to everyone: you feel your phone vibrate and immediately removes the pocket, but is surprised to note that no one was calling you or sending messages. The phenomenon is common: the phantom vibration syndrome. But, contrary to what we are likely to believe, this is not a sign of stress or you are going crazy, the feeling can simply indicate that your brain is working normally.
According to a survey conducted by Tom Stafford, professor of psychology and cognitive science in the Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield (UK) and author of the bestselling Mind Hacks (without translation into Portuguese), the false alerts in relation to cell are nothing more than effect the way we deal with sensory stimuli.
Regarding the phantom vibration syndrome, we know that the handset can only be in one of the following states: vibrating or emitting audible alerts, indicating an action to be performed, or no activity, not requiring any action.
Your mind understands this, but is able to distort the rules: interpret as any other mobile vibration external stimulus (the balance of your car, for example) for you to perform an action (pick up the phone) or simply ignore a real vibrancy , causing a kind of "phantom vibration syndrome in reverse."
No, you're not going crazy. The distortion of the rules, if we can call it that, is because your perceptual system is based on a balance between sensitivity and priorities. It is a principle that goes back to our primitive survival instincts, oddly enough.
Basically, if you are expecting an important call, hates missing a call or using the phone as a key means of information, your brain believes that the signals of the device are a priority and therefore make it possible for you to realize.
Your alertness can then be so high that any external stimulus can be assigned to your phone - a false alarm is better than being caught off guard. Thus the balance of the car or a slight bump from someone at Metro can be interpreted as the vibration machine.
Perceptions sound may also be more accurate. You may have the impression of hearing your cell phone ring (who never?), Especially if there is another source of emission of sounds around (music from the car, for example). I believe that the same explanation applies to anyone who feels the impelling look at cell phone when someone else touches, even with your ringtone being different (again, who ever?).
At this point, you've certainly noticed that the opposite - the lack of perception of a real vibrancy - is associated with the low priority that you give the phone: if you do not care about receiving calls, your brain will understand that leaving their perceptions related to the device over cleared is not so important and will focus on other perceptions.
Other theories
The phantom vibration syndrome is so common that gives room for other hypotheses. To Professor Alex Blaszczynski, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, the feeling can be caused by the sensitivity of the nerves minimum electrical signals. Your phone may not be vibrating, but it is all the time receiving and sending signals. If nerves "capture" this activity, the brain can then interpret it as vibration.
But the possibility of accurate perception seems to be the right one. First, because the theory of Professor Blaszczynski not explain the false audio alerts. Second, because the feel of the phone vibrate in my pocket even with the device not being there also happens a lot.
Of course if this is happening at a frequency too high, does not mean that your brain is losing connection with reality, but you are very anxious, always waiting for calls or sms (or Facebook updates). In this, case, we need to change the focus a bit and look relax.
With information Tecnoblog and BBC
Source: UOL - Modern Consumer
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