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Young people who heavily use cell phones and computers also complain more about sleep disturbances, stress and other mental health problems, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
“Public health advice should therefore include information on the healthy use of this technology,” says researcher Sara Thomée from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg.
Doctoral student Thomée and her research team conducted four separate studies aimed at investigating the correlation between computers and cell phones, and their impact on the mental health of young adults.
Researchers gave questionnaires to 4,100 young adults (ages 20-24) and interviewed 32 heavy users of information and communication technology (ICT).
The findings reveal that extreme use of cell phones and computers may be linked to stress, sleep disorders and depressive symptoms. The researchers could not determine causation, so it may be that people with depression or sleep problems are simply more likely to reach out to others using mobile technology.

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I’m going to bite my lip on this one and let professional anthropologist (and relationship expert) Dr. Helen Fisher take a crack at it: “This is true, because any kind of novelty, particularly something dangerous or exciting, drives up dopamine levels in the brain. Brain-scanning studies of both men and women show that feelings of intense romantic love are linked with elevated dopamine activity. That’s why vacations can be so romantic; novelty triggers the dopamine system and partners feel some of that early glow of intense romance.”

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Sort of like self-fulfilling prophecy.

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The under-slept make an impression of unhealthy, less attractive and more tired individuals. This tendency was revealed by the experiment in which the pictures were taken on those who slept 9 hours per day and those who had not slept for 31 hours. To sum it up, when we sleep well, we are prettier.

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