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From: The Telegraph

Why using a mobile phone can be contagious

The Telegraph:

Researchers concluded that a person was twice as likely to talk on a mobile, or check for messages, if a companion did the same.

The University of Michigan study discovered that checking a phone created an “alternative outlet” for a person’s attention.

It also found that females were more likely to use their mobile than men because it was more “integrated into the daily lives of women”.

Scientists suggested the study’s findings, published in the Human Ethology Bulletin journal, could be linked to “social exclusion”, in which a human feels the need not be left feeling “out of the loop”.

“What we found most interesting was just how often people were using their mobile phones,” said Dr Daniel Kruger, the study’s co-author.

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