In movies, "lovemaking" is a plot device to move a story along, not, you know, actual sex — but we normalise and emulate what we see. Skip navigation! Story from Sex. Sometimes during sex, I use my phone. I check email, summon an Uber home, send a text, or, on rare occasions, hold up my end of a phone conversation as I try not to laugh. This is intentional.

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Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta via Stocksy. Collectively, Americans check their phones over eight billion times a day — while driving, at the movies, and even during sex. A new study out of the University of Virginia suggests that the constant interruptions might be causing a level of increased hyperactivity and inattention that's usually associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD. People with ADHD have symptoms that include being easily distracted and the inability to focus. This state of restlessness and lowered productivity is also found in people who receive constant notifications on their phones. In the study, researchers asked participants, all undergraduate students, to keep all notifications and alerts on their phones turned on for one week, always keeping their phones within reach. Later, they were instructed to do the opposite—keep alerts off and phones away. The results showed higher levels of inattention and hyperactivity when people were on their phones, which in turn "predicted lower productivity and psychological well-being," according to the study. While the study does not suggest that phone interruptions cause ADHD, the authors find that "being constantly interrupted by alerts and notifications may be be contributing towards an increasingly problematic deficit of attention in our digitally connected society. Any interruption—cell phone or otherwise—can lead to decreased attention spans, points out Pamela Rutledge, the director of the Media Psychology Research Center.
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By Victoria Woollaston. It's well known that mobiles can kill the moment - just as you lean in to make the next move, your phone rings or a work email flashes up that you just can't resist checking. But mobile phones might be having a more sinister effect on our love lives, according to new research. Scientists found that men who hold their mobiles for more than four hours a day are more likely to suffer from impotence than those who limit usage to less than two hours. Researchers asked 20 men with erectile dysfunction about mobile phone habits, and compared the results to those from 10 healthy men.
News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. The study was carried out by the University of Virginia and found that our modern day obsession with technology is having a massive impact on our lives. It found that on average we spent two hours a day looking at our phones, with the alert of a news message or call interrupting pretty much everything we do during the day — yes, even sex. For example, when the students had their mobiles on ring or vibrate they showed symptoms of hyperactivity and struggled to concentrate. For the first week students were asked to keep alerts on their phones and have them close by. It was found that those using them with noises on actually showed symptoms on ADHD, even if they had never been diagnosed with it. Try to have some time when you have it on silent and enjoy real life — that means no texting during sex please.