Open AccessCORRELATION BETWEEN SMARTPHONE SCREEN TIME AND REACTION TIME IN YOUNG ADULTS OF AGE 18-25 YEARS
Author(s) -
Dr.Shruti Ashok Gada,
Dr.Nisha Dhasal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2021.v06i04.032
Subject(s) - correlation , screen time , correlation coefficient , normality , test (biology) , demography , medicine , psychology , statistics , mathematics , biology , obesity , paleontology , geometry , sociology
Due to ever increasing use of smartphones andincrease dependency on it, it has been a topic of greatinterest among researchers to find out how mobile phoneshave an effect on human anatomy and human brains butthere haven't been several studies regarding the same. Andas reaction time is one amongst the tool to measurecognitive function in human beings. This study includedmales and females of age 18-25years within BMI 18.5-22.9kg/m2 and having two weekly average screen-time ofmore than 4 hours. These individuals were asked toperform Deary Liewald’s test for Simple and Choicereaction time. The included 54 participants (3 males and51 females) and data collected did not pass normality,hence Spearman’s test was used to find the correlation.The correlation coefficient (r value) and p value for thecorrelation between smartphone screen time and Simplereaction time is 0.070 and 0.61 and for Choice reactiontime is -0.048 and 0.729 respectively. The study shows nosignificant correlation between the parameters screen timeand reaction time (simple and choice reaction time) sincep>0.05.