Is That the Phone in My Pocket or Just a Phantom Vibration?

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  • What is phantom vibration syndrome? What is phantom vibration syndrome?
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For several years men and women of sound mind and perfectly good health have asked themselves the question: Is that my phone vibrating in my pocket, or am I suffering delusions?

With quite alarming frequency, the answer is the latter.

“I find so many people say, ‘This happens to me, but I thought I was the only one, I thought I was weird’,” Robert Rosenberger, an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology said.

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Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, School of Public Policy

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phantom phone vibration, phenomenology, robert rosenberger
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  • Created By: Rebecca Keane
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jan 12, 2016 - 7:52am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:27pm