Kelowna Now quoted Paul Gabias, a psychology professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus, for an article about the increasing use of smartphones in the minutes before we go to sleep.
“Sleep is important for many reasons but mostly because it’s when your body and mind heal,” Gabias said. “Indicator muscles will test weak anytime the body is exposed to what it considers a stressor and these indicator muscles always test weaker anytime cell phones are near the body versus when the area is clear, which indicates that cell phones could be considered a stressor.”
