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Psychophysiological patterns during cell phone text messaging: a preliminary study.
Full Abstract
This study investigated the psychophysiological patterns associated with cell phone text messaging (texting). Twelve college students who were very familiar with texting were monitored with surface electromyography (SEMG) from the shoulder (upper trapezius) and thumb (abductor pollicis brevis/opponens pollicis); blood volume pulse (BVP) from the middle finger, temperature from the index finger, and skin conductance (SC) from the palm of the non-texting hand; and respiration from the thorax and abdomen. The counter-balanced procedure consisted of a 2 min pre-baseline, 1 min receiving text messages, 2 min middle baseline, 1 min sending text messages and 2 min post-baseline. The results indicated that all subjects showed significant increases in respiration rate, heart rate, SC, and shoulder and thumb SEMG as compared to baseline measures. Eighty-three percentage of the participants reported hand and neck pain during texting, and held their breath and experienced arousal when receiving text messages. Subjectively, most subjects were unaware of their physiological changes. The study suggests that frequent triggering of these physiological patterns (freezing for stability and shallow breathing) may increase muscle discomfort symptoms. Thus, participants should be trained to inhibit these responses to prevent illness and discomfort.
Author information
Author/s: Lin, I-Mei (IM); Peper, Erik (E);
Affiliation: National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback (Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Mar; vol 34 (issue 1) : pp 53-7
Dates: Created 2009/02/19; Completed 2009/05/21;
PMID: 19199025, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/21/2009, IMS Date: 21 May 2009 00:00:00)
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