(L) Ingabe impilo eku-inthanethi ikunikeza 'ubuchopho be-popcorn'? (2011)

(CNN) - Lapho uHilarie Cash efika ekhaya evela emsebenzini kusihlwa, unenketho: Angaphumela ngaphandle athambekele engadini yakhe noma agxume kwi-laptop yakhe.

Ama-lilacs adinga ngempela ukusika. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikhompyutha ingalinda, njengoba umsebenzi wakhe usuqedile usuku.

Ngaphandle kwalokhu, uCash uzizwa edonswa yikhompyutha, sengathi uzibuthe omdonsayo. Mhlawumbe kukhona i-imeyili evela kumngani omlindele, noma i-tweet ehlekisayo, noma isithombe esisha esithunyelwe kuFacebook.

"Ngikuthola kunzima kakhulu ukuhamba," kusho uCash. “Kunzima ukuzitshela, 'Ungakwenzi. Hamba uyosebenza ingadi. ' ”

Ngabe kunendaba yini ukuthi izingadi zeCash noma zingena online? Iyanda, ochwepheshe bathi iyenzeka. Okukhathazayo ukuthi impilo eku-inthanethi isinikeza lokho umcwaningi, uDavid Levy, akubiza ngokuthi “ubuchopho be-popcorn” - ubuchopho obujwayele ukugqugquzela njalo izinto eziningi ezenziwa ngogesi kangangokuthi asikufanele ukuphila okungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi, lapho izinto zivela khona kancane.

Ukukhetha i-smartphone yengane

ULevy, onguprofesa weSikole Sezokwazisa e-University of Washington, uxoxa indaba yokunikeza inkulumo enkampanini yezobuchwepheshe obuphezulu. Ngemuva kwesidlo sasemini, isisebenzi sinezinhloni samtshela ukuthi ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuba unkosikazi wakhe amcele ukuthi ageze indodakazi yabo encane. Esikhundleni sokujabulela isikhathi nengane yakhe, wasebenzisa leso sikhathi ocingweni lwakhe, ebhalela imiyalezo futhi ebuyisa ama-imeyili. Kwakungadingeki ukuthi asebenze, yikho nje ukuthi isifiso sokusebenzisa ucingo sasinganqandeki kunengane ebhavu.

"Kutholakala yonke indawo," kusho uCash, umeluleki ophatha abantu abanenkinga yokuyeka izinto zabo zobuchwepheshe. "Asikwazi ukuhlala buthule silinde ibhasi, futhi lokho kubi kakhulu, ngoba izingqondo zethu ziyasidinga isikhathi sokuphumula, ukucubungula izinto."

UClifford Nass, isazi sezengqondo sezenhlalakahle eStanford, uthi ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukuqhubekisa okuningi kwi-Inthanethi kungakwenza ukhohlwe ukufunda imizwelo yabantu. Lapho ebonisa izithombe zobuso be-multitaskers e-intanethi, babenzima kanzima ukuveza imizwelo ababeyibonayo.

Lapho efunda izindaba kubantu abaningi, babe nobunzima bokuveza imizwelo yabantu ezindabeni, futhi besho ukuthi bazokwenzani ukuze umuntu azizwe engcono.

“Ukuxhumana kwabantu kuyikhono elifundwayo, futhi abakwazi ukulenza ngokwanele,” usho kanje.

Lona ubuchopho bakho kwezobuchwepheshe

Ubuchopho bomuntu buncenga ukufuna ukuthokozisa okusheshayo, ijubane eliqinile, nokungazibikezeli kobuchwepheshe, uCash uthi.

“Angazi ukuthi i-tweet elandelayo izoba yini. Ubani ongithumelele i-imeyili? Yini engizoyithola ngokuchofoza okulandelayo kwegundane? Ngilindeni? ” kusho uCash, osebenza eRedmond, eWashington. “Kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi yini engilindele engadini yami.”

UDkt Nora Volkow, umqondisi weNational Institute on Drug Abuse, uyavuma ukuthi naye unenkinga yokumelana nocingo lweBlackBerry yakhe. Uthi: “Lapho ngiseholidini ngiyayibheka yize kungadingeki ngiyibheke. “Noma ngihambahamba nomyeni wami futhi angikwazi ukumelana nesifiso sokubheka i-imeyili yami. Ngizizwa nginecala, kodwa ngiyakwenza. ”

Uchaza ukuthi ukuvuselela njalo kungenza kusebenze amaseli e-dopamine ku-nucleus accumbens, isikhungo esikhulu senjabulo yobuchopho.

Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi ngokusetshenziswa kwe-intanethi ngokwanele, isakhiwo sezinhliziyo zethu singashintsha ngokwenyama, ngokusho kwesifundo esisha. Abacwaningi baseChina benza i-MRIs ebuchosheni be-18 abafundi basekolishi abachitha amahora angu-10 ngosuku.

Uma kuqhathaniswa neqembu lokulawula elachitha amahora angaphansi kwamahora amabili ngosuku, laba bafundi babenenkinga encane, ingxenye yokucabanga yobuchopho. Isifundo sanyatheliswa kumagazini ka-Juni we-PLoS ONE, iphephandaba le-inthanethi.

Indlela yokubhekana ne-popcorn ubuchopho

Abanye abantu bangashintsha kalula kusuka ekuphumeni okungapheli kwempilo eku-inthanethi baye ezingeni elincane lomhlaba wangempela. Uma ungeyena walabo bantu futhi ukuhamba kancane kukwenza ube yi-jittery, nazi izeluleko:

I-1. Gcina irekhodi lokuphila kwakho kwe-intanethi

Gcina umbhalo walokho ukuthi uchitha isikhathi esingakanani ku-inthanethi, nokuthi wenzani ngayo, kusikisela uLevy. Qaphela ukuthi uzizwa kanjani ngaphambi nangesikhathi sakho kukhompyutha.

"Wonke umuntu engimtshele ukuthi enze lokhu ubuyile nokuzibonela yena uqobo," esho. “Ngokuvamile, abantu bazothi bathambekele ekusebenziseni i-inthanethi lapho bezizwa bekhathazekile noma benesithukuthezi.”

I-2. Beka imingcele yesikhathi sokusebenzisa kwakho i-intanethi

Zinike isikhathi esithile - yisho amahora amabili - ukuphendula ama-imeyili akho, uvuselele ikhasi lakho le-Facebook, bese uhlola imibhalo, kusho uCash. Ngemuva kwalokho, sekuyisikhathi sokucima ikhompyutha (noma ifoni) bese wenza okuthile ungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi.

I-3. Hlala ngaphandle kwewindi

Thatha imizuzu emibili ukubuka ngaphandle kwewindi. I-Levy ithi lokhu kungasiza ukuqeqesha ubuchopho bakho ukuba buthule kancane.

4. Sungula "izikhathi zamahhala"

Kubhulogi ye-Psychology Today, isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo uRobert Leahy sincoma ukuthi sihlolisise izikhathi ezingenayo iBlackBerry. Uyabhala, “Isibonelo,“ Angizukuyibheka imiyalezo yami phakathi kuka-6 no-9 ebusuku. ULeahy, umqondisi we-American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, naye uncoma ukuthi uzizuzele ihora ngalinye ongalihloli. Uyabhala: “Zitshele ukuthi ubuyisa impilo yakho.

I-5. Ifoni kumngani

Ama-Blogger ku-WikiHow abelana ngokwabo uhlu lwawo lwamathiphu wokuthi ungazikhipha kanjani kukho konke kusuka ekusesheni nge-Intanethi kuya ekuthumeleni imiyalezo. Umuntu oyedwa usikisela ukufonela umngane esikhundleni sokuthumela imiyalezo esheshayo. “Shayela umngani ubacele baphumele ngaphandle okungenani amahora ama-3 ngosuku,” babhala. "Lokhu kuzokuphazamisa kwikhompyutha."

I-6. Hlola

Ngokuya ngeCentre for Internet and Technology Addiction, ungaba nenkinga uma abantu obathandayo bekhathazwa isikhathi osinikela ku-Intanethi noma uzizwa unecala noma unamahloni. Banikela ngesivivinyo sokulutha ngokweqile se-Intanethi esingakusiza ukunquma ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi kube yisikhathi sokuvala, ukungena ngemvume noma ukuguqula isimo sakho se-IM siye “kude.”

USabriya Rice we-CNN ufake isandla kulo mbiko.