How You SMS Reveals A Lot About You
from the pseudo-cell-science dept
A new study looks at various aspects of mobile phone usage to determine their personality types. Based on how you type text messages, how loud you set your ringtones, and if you use custom faceplaces and ringtones you could be a creative, juggler, controller or facilitator. What's even more frightning is the psychologist behind the study suggest that looking at how kids use their mobiles, one maybe able to determine their future career paths.
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Cell phone usage predicts children's future carree
While this may dupe a few in the cell industry, in the field of psychology this reeks of a bored and meaningless contribution to the professional psychological literature.
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