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===Definition=== | ===Definition=== | ||
The term ringxiety was first coined by psychologist David Laramie to describe the phantom feeling of a phone call in one's pocket. | |||
Peter Tse, professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth College, said phantom vibration rings may happen because cell phone users develop a “template” in their heads. | Peter Tse, professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth College, said phantom vibration rings may happen | ||
because cell phone users develop a “template” in their heads. “I have a template for my baby’s cry in my head, for example, and sometimes just by chance a random set of sounds will match it,” he said. “I will go to check, but the baby wasn’t crying. “ | |||
“I have a template for my baby’s cry in my head, for example, and sometimes just by chance a random set of sounds will match it,” he said. “I will go to check, but the baby wasn’t crying. “ | These templates of expectation are responsible for the feeling of a call or text message, even though one might be present. | ||
"The brain is constantly filtering out background information", Tse says, and "sometimes when a person is monitoring or searching for something important to them — such as a cell phone call or the sound of their own name — some of this background information is picked up and matched to a mental template".<ref>America's WatchTower - Beware of Phantom Vibration Syndrome. It could kill you. http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/11/13/beware-of-phantom-vibration-syndrome-it-could-kill-you/</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:15, 30 June 2011
Definition
The term ringxiety was first coined by psychologist David Laramie to describe the phantom feeling of a phone call in one's pocket.
Peter Tse, professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth College, said phantom vibration rings may happen because cell phone users develop a “template” in their heads. “I have a template for my baby’s cry in my head, for example, and sometimes just by chance a random set of sounds will match it,” he said. “I will go to check, but the baby wasn’t crying. “ These templates of expectation are responsible for the feeling of a call or text message, even though one might be present. "The brain is constantly filtering out background information", Tse says, and "sometimes when a person is monitoring or searching for something important to them — such as a cell phone call or the sound of their own name — some of this background information is picked up and matched to a mental template".[1]
References
- ↑ America's WatchTower - Beware of Phantom Vibration Syndrome. It could kill you. http://americaswatchtower.com/2007/11/13/beware-of-phantom-vibration-syndrome-it-could-kill-you/
