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This is a very main stream tv news unit. (At least it has been, they are the same one that had the video of the ghost at the gas station recently.)
'Phantom' Cell Phone Vibrations Boggle Some Minds
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― So-called "phantom" cell phone vibrations are messing with some people's minds.
Sometimes, people say they can feel their phone vibrating, even though they don't have any incoming calls.
Daniel Shaffer, from Wireless Solutions in the South Side Works, says it happens to him several times a week.
"You wonder why it happens because it's happened to me when I didn't even have my phone on me," he said.
While some people find the notion crazy, Dr. Maria Simbra, a neurologist, says there's a physiological explanation for the strange sensation.
She says there's a part of the brain that helps detect sensations.
"Maybe your car key's in your pocket to sort of activate those nearby brain cells and your brain interprets the sensation of a vibration," Dr. Simbra explained.
She, like some other doctors, also compare the "phantom" vibrations to something serious, like when people lose a limb but still feel pain.
"So even if you loose a limb for instance, that part of the brain that interprets sensation in that limb is still there," she said. "So even though it's gone, your brain can still perceive, for example, pain in that limb and that's something people call, 'phantom limb pain.'"
So far, there really haven't been any studies on this cell phone phenomenon.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
kdka.com - 'Phantom' Cell Phone Vibrations Boggle The Brains Of Some People
I've had a few times where I swear I heard my phone ring real quiet but it wasn't ringing and times when I thought I felt the vibration of my phone for a second but then when I touched it with my hand it wasn't ringing.
XO Jessica
'Phantom' Cell Phone Vibrations Boggle Some Minds
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― So-called "phantom" cell phone vibrations are messing with some people's minds.
Sometimes, people say they can feel their phone vibrating, even though they don't have any incoming calls.
Daniel Shaffer, from Wireless Solutions in the South Side Works, says it happens to him several times a week.
"You wonder why it happens because it's happened to me when I didn't even have my phone on me," he said.
While some people find the notion crazy, Dr. Maria Simbra, a neurologist, says there's a physiological explanation for the strange sensation.
She says there's a part of the brain that helps detect sensations.
"Maybe your car key's in your pocket to sort of activate those nearby brain cells and your brain interprets the sensation of a vibration," Dr. Simbra explained.
She, like some other doctors, also compare the "phantom" vibrations to something serious, like when people lose a limb but still feel pain.
"So even if you loose a limb for instance, that part of the brain that interprets sensation in that limb is still there," she said. "So even though it's gone, your brain can still perceive, for example, pain in that limb and that's something people call, 'phantom limb pain.'"
So far, there really haven't been any studies on this cell phone phenomenon.
(© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
kdka.com - 'Phantom' Cell Phone Vibrations Boggle The Brains Of Some People
I've had a few times where I swear I heard my phone ring real quiet but it wasn't ringing and times when I thought I felt the vibration of my phone for a second but then when I touched it with my hand it wasn't ringing.
XO Jessica