Phantom phone （犯罪の）一味ing syndrome: Scientists say it might not just be in our 長，率いるs after all

  • 68% of people 調査するd experience the 現象 定期的に
  • One theory 示唆する it could be the result of electromagnetic 干渉，妨害

By Daniel Miller

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It's the 21st century 現象 experienced by millions of people every day.

You can feel your phone in your pocket （犯罪の）一味ing or buzzing away, but when you check there are no calls or texts.

Now scientists believe they can explain the 原因（となる） of いわゆる phantom （犯罪の）一味ing syndrome - and it might not just be in our 長，率いるs after all.

Buzzing: Scientists believe they can explain the reason behind so-called phantom ringing syndrome

Buzzing: Scientists believe they can explain the 推論する／理由 behind いわゆる phantom （犯罪の）一味ing syndrome

Alex Blaszczynski, chairman of the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney, believes the sensation is 現実に 誘発する／引き起こすd by 電気の activity.

He told the Sydney Morning 先触れ（する）: 'I 推定する／予想する it’s 関係のある to some of the 電気の signals coming through in a 伝達／伝染, touching on the surrounding 神経s, giving a feeling of a vibration.'

He explains the vibrations as 存在 類似の to the buzzing noise produced when when a phone is placed 近づく 近づく a （衆議院の）議長.

Although Mr Blaszczynski hasn’t 行為／行うd any formal 熟考する／考慮するs on the vibrations yet, if he is 権利 then the feeling isn't a figment of our imaginations, but a real sensation.

However Larry Rosen, a professor of psychology at California 明言する／公表する University 同意しないs.

He believes that because people are often 心配するing a call they often 解釈する／通訳する 関係のない stimuli, such as a 議長，司会を務める 脚 dragging against the 床に打ち倒す or trousers rubbing their 脚 as a phone call.

And Michael Rothberg, a clinician 捜査官／調査官 at Baystate 医療の 中心 in Springfield, Massachusetts, who 行為／行うd a 調査する on the vibrations, agrees that they may be 原因（となる）d by the misinterpretation of sensory signals in our brain.

Rothberg's 熟考する／考慮する 設立する the phantom phone vibrations were experienced by 68 per cent of people 調査するd, with 87 per cent feeling them 週刊誌, and 13 per cent daily.

He said: 'ーするために を取り引きする an 圧倒的な 量 of sensory input the brain 適用するs filters or schema based on what it 推定する／予想するs to find, a 過程 known as hypothesis guided search.'


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