One-Third of Smartphone Notifications Worsen Our Mood: Study
Over one third of the notifications on smartphones worsen our moods, triggering us to feel hostile, upset, nervous, afraid or ashamed, a study has found.
Researchers at the Nottingham Trent University in the UK studied the effect on mood in 50 participants who received thousands of digital alerts over a five-week period.
Out of more than half a million notifications, they found that 32 per cent resulted in negative emotions.
Notifications relating to non-human activity - such as general phone updates and wifi availability "had the worst impact on phone users" mood, researchers found.
Work-related notifications also had a negative impact on mood, particularly when they arrived in bulk.
However, people enjoyed messages from friends, particularly several at once, which created ...