Smartphones are without question part of our everyday life and whether we like to accept it or not, some of us have become dependent on these mobile terminals. Of course, in most cases we combine the use of a smartphone with that of a computer, and a recent study tries to tell us how these products affect our reasoning.
According to this study, users make more rational decisions if a problem arises while using a smartphone, while PC users mainly make emotional decisions. The difference is very big, because a rational decision can have much better effects than an emotional one, but of course everything depends on the problem we have in front of us.
According to those who conducted the study, users who use a smartphone when they have to make an important decision are more rational because they are focused on that problem and not on several things at once. 1010 people participated in this study to test the theory, and those who used a smartphone when they were presented with the important problem, made the more rational decision.
Basically, the researchers who carried out the study make it clear that when we have to make important decisions, it is preferable to have a smartphone and not a computer in front of us. They say that in this situation we tend to make the best decisions to solve the problem in a way that is as favorable as possible to us, so now you know how to behave.
"What we found in our study is that when people used a smartphone to view classic moral problems, they were more likely to make more unemotional, rational decisions when presented with a highly emotional dilemma. This could be due to the increased time pressures often present with smartphones and also the increased psychological distance which can occur when we use such devices compared to PCs."
