Thursday, November 22, 2012

I Used To Sleep With A Stuffed Dog When I Was Young, But...

From the San Fran Chronicle: A cool infographic by Online Psychology Degree shows the extent to which smartphones have basically become a new bodily appendage:
90% of 18-29 year olds sleep with their smartphones
1 in 3 people would rather give up sex than their phone
95% of people use the phone for something just before going to bed
Half of people check their phones immediately if they wake up during the night
Unfortunately, our bodies haven't quite adapted to the change yet:
63% of people aren't getting enough sleep
Too much screen time reduces melatonin, the chemical that makes you sleep
Not sleeping makes you stressed and depressed
Sleeping fewer than 6 hours a night raises your heart attack risk by 50%

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/90-Of-18-29-Year-Olds-Sleep-With-Their-4056556.php
I'm sorry but sleeping with a phone is just strange. Most people are people are just not important enough to be getting text messages or phone calls in the middle of the night that are an actually emergency that the have to respond to immediately.
A cool infographic by Online Psychology Degree shows the extent to which smartphones have basically become a new bodily appendage:
  • 90% of 18-29 year olds sleep with their smartphones
  • 1 in 3 people would rather give up sex than their phone
  • 95% of people use the phone for something just before going to bed
  • Half of people check their phones immediately if they wake up during the night
Unfortunately, our bodies haven't quite adapted to the change yet:
  • 63% of people aren't getting enough sleep
  • Too much screen time reduces melatonin, the chemical that makes you sleep
  • Not sleeping makes you stressed and depressed
  • Sleeping fewer than 6 hours a night raises your heart attack risk by 50%


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/90-Of-18-29-Year-Olds-Sleep-With-Their-4056556.php#ixzz2CwIFBC3O

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