Smartphones Are Changing How Our Brains And Thumbs Work Together
Monday, December 29, 2014 - 16:20
in Psychology & Sociology
When people spend time interacting with their smartphones, it is changing the way their thumbs and brains work together, according to a report in Current Biology. More touchscreen use in the recent past translates directly into greater brain activity when the thumbs and other fingertips are touched, the study found. And smartphones have become a good way to explore the everyday plasticity of the human brain. Not only are people suddenly using their fingertips, and especially their thumbs, in a new way, but many are doing it an awful lot, day after day. Our phones are also keeping track of our digital histories to provide a readymade source of data on those behaviors. read more
