If you are a rare person and they never check their mobile phones while eating out, you are out of trouble. (Also, what is your secret?) As for the rest of us, the University of British Columbia's new research confirms what you may have suspected: a distracted diet with a cell phone can ruin the entire experience.
Take your phone and enjoy some face-to-face interaction. (Source: DGLimages / iStock / GettyImages) "When we spend time with people we care about, use our phones - except offend them - we enjoy less experience than we do If we take our equipment away," said Dr. Ryan Dwyer, principal research author. Students in the Department of Psychology at ScienceDaily.
For this study, Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, author of Dwyer and Seil, randomly assigned a group of three to five friends or family members, either on a mobile phone or without a phone. (No phone group mutes their devices and puts them in an inaccessible container.) After the meal, the participants answered questions about their experiences.
What is the result? Those who hold mobile phones in their hands prefer this meal to those who don't plug in. The telephone group also reported feeling more distracted, bored and nervous.
To confirm their findings, the researchers conducted a second experiment that surveyed more than 100 people a week for five times a day. They asked participants to report what they did in the first 15 minutes and how they felt. Again, in social activities, "with phone"
"when [survey respondents] face-to-face interaction, they feel more distracted, if they use a smartphone, they will enjoy less than they do not ," Research author.
Of course, this is not the worst in terms of mobile phone hazards. (See the warning about sleeping with your device.) Dwyer provides this balanced view before you swear with your other person completely: "If you use your phone occasionally at dinner, it may not ruin you." Social life However, frequent use of mobile phones during this social interaction process may consume your health over time."
Also, by resisting the urge to view the latest headlines, or see how many new people like the posts you post. If you have one, you might want to contact your friends in a more meaningful way. Your actions may affect others.
As Dunn told the Times, "When people around are using their phones, people are more likely to use their phones, which suggests that there may be This domino effect through your own cell phone, you may have a positive domino effect. "
So, you have it! Putting your phone down and actually interacting with people around you can encourage others to do the same. Try it out!
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