Bad vibrations? Cell phone dependency predicts phantom communication experiences

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Highlights:

• Cell phone users have reported “phantom” ringing and vibrations.

• Psychological factors may exacerbate false positives in signal-detection.

• Psychological dependency sensitizes individuals to the class of rewarding stimuli.

• Psychological dependency on cell phones predicts phantom phone experiences.

摘要

•Cell phone users have reported “phantom” ringing and vibrations.•Psychological factors may exacerbate false positives in signal-detection.•Psychological dependency sensitizes individuals to the class of rewarding stimuli.•Psychological dependency on cell phones predicts phantom phone experiences.

论文关键词:Phantom ringing,Phantom vibrations,Cell phones,Dependency,Addiction,Personality

论文评审过程:Received 8 September 2015, Revised 5 January 2017, Accepted 10 January 2017, Available online 13 January 2017, Version of Record 20 January 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.017