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Instant messages are ubiquitous and convenient, but something primal may be lost in translation.
When girls stressed by a test talked with their moms, stress hormones dropped and comfort hormones rose. When they used IM, nothing happened. By the study’s neurophysiological measures, IM was barely different than not communicating at all.
Power of Mom's Voice Silenced by Instant Messages
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:07 PM EST
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“IM isn’t really a substitute for in-person or over-the-phone interaction in terms of the hormones released,” said psychologist Leslie Seltzer of the University of Wisconsin, a co-author of the new study. “People still need to interact the way we evolved to interact.”
'People still need to interact the way we evolved to interact.'
In earlier work, Seltzer’s team showed that both phone conversations with mom and face-to-face talks triggered similar hormonal responses: A drop in cortisol, which is generally linked to stress, and a rise in oxytocin, which is linked to pleasure.
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#1 - Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:08 PM ESTWe are like all primates, we need to touch each other to get the proper response, it is the way we where built, so, I have to agree with Seltzer here and say "Mothers if you want to give and show your children love, you need to get rid of the cell phones and start touching and talking face to face with your kids."
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#2 - Fri Jan 6, 2012 12:15 PM ESTThis doesn't surprise me at all. We are raising a generation of people who will not know how to communicate. But they sure has hell will know how to use thier thumbs.
It's sad really.
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