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| Title |
Hypernatural Monitoring: A Social Rehearsal Account of Smartphone Addiction
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00141 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Samuel P. L. Veissière, Moriah Stendel |
| Abstract |
We present a deflationary account of smartphone addiction by situating this purportedly antisocial phenomenon within the fundamentallysocialdispositions of our species. While we agree with contemporary critics that the hyper-connectedness and unpredictable rewards of mobile technology can modulate negative affect, we propose to place the locus of addiction on an evolutionarily older mechanism: the human need to monitor and be monitored by others. Drawing from key findings in evolutionary anthropology and the cognitive science of religion, we articulate ahypernatural monitoringmodel of smartphone addiction grounded in a generalsocial rehearsaltheory of human cognition. Building on recent predictive-processing views of perception and addiction in cognitive neuroscience, we describe the role of social reward anticipation and prediction errors in mediating dysfunctional smartphone use. We conclude with insights from contemplative philosophies and harm-reduction models on finding the right rituals for honoring social connections and setting intentional protocols for the consumption of social information. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 243 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 25 | 10% |
| United States | 13 | 5% |
| Brazil | 4 | 2% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| Spain | 3 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Denmark | 2 | <1% |
| Argentina | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 13 | 5% |
| Unknown | 173 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 221 | 91% |
| Scientists | 15 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 2% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 162 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 162 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 15% |
| Researcher | 24 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 15% |
| Unknown | 45 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 47 | 29% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 9% |
| Engineering | 10 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 27 | 17% |
| Unknown | 46 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 473. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 January 2024.
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