Should it Stay or Should it Go? Smartphone Dependency

Authors

Kira Foreman-Tran, Western University
Karina Schnurr, Western University
Ana C. Ruiz Pardo, Western University
John Paul Minda, The University of Western OntarioFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2019

Journal

STEM Fellowship Journal

Volume

5

Issue

1

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.17975/sfj-2019-008

Abstract

As smartphones grow in use and popularity, it is important to understand the possible effects that varying levels of smartphone use may have on human cognition. Although smartphones provide many advantages for daily activities, one must also recognize the potential disadvantages. For example, smartphone use may lead to nomophobia, which is defined as the modern fear of not being able to access your smartphone or the internet (Yildirim & Correia, 2015). The present study used a pilot and main study to examine the effects smartphones have on human cognition. The pilot study was conducted to measure nomophobia, mobile phone involvement, smartphone attachment and dependency, and general smartphone use. This portion was also used to determine the paradigm for the main study. Participants in the main study completed the 12 Cambridge Brain Science tasks, which measured different aspects of …

Citation of this paper:

Foreman-TranKira, SchnurrKarina, PardoAna C. Ruiz, and MindaJohn Paul. Should it Stay or Should it Go? Smartphone Dependency. STEM Fellowship Journal. 5(1): 19-23. https://doi.org/10.17975/sfj-2019-008