Checking your phone was contagious

Checking your phone was contagious

Why it matters: Once a person glances at their cellphone, it will take just about 30 seconds for others in the vicinity to do the same. Researchers sent people functioning as "trigger participants" into several settings and had them either look at their phones while touching buttons or look up while touching the phone. They found that about half of the other people in the area would check their phones just after the trigger looked at theirs, but weren't nearly as likely to look at their phone if the trigger didn't look at theirs.

Full Story: New Scientist (free content) (4/23)