What is it about staring at a computer screen that makes you hyperactive?

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  1. visceral_instinct

    visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    ^^

    For me, over an hour and a half = excess adrenaline.

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    visceral_instinct, Jun 17, 2009
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  3. spidergoat

    spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Maybe because your body knows it needs exercise.
     
    spidergoat, Jun 17, 2009
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  5. Hercules Rockefeller

    Hercules Rockefeller Beatings will continue until morale improves. Moderator

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    How do you know you have elevated adrenaline levels after 90 minutes of computer usage?
     
    Hercules Rockefeller, Jun 17, 2009
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  7. cosmictraveler

    cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    All the pornography !

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    cosmictraveler, Jun 17, 2009
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  8. draqon

    draqon Banned Banned

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    umm...actually when I stare that long at a computer screen I literally fall asleep, unless it is a very interesting and enjoyable movie.
     
    draqon, Jun 17, 2009
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  9. Orleander

    Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    LOL, too funny

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  10. visceral_instinct

    visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    Fast heart rate and general hyperactivity....I assume this was adrenaline...

    This is an approximate limit. Before that I can get sleepy, but after an period of around an hour and a half it's like my body gets the message that it needs to be alert.
     
    visceral_instinct, Jun 17, 2009
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  11. EmmZ

    EmmZ It's an animal thing Registered Senior Member

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    There are lots of studies about how TV and computers activate the mind before bed, although there are speculative neurological reasons, it does indicate those media have the affect you're describing.

    http://www.rialian.com/rnboyd/magnetic-brain-activity.htm

    http://www.feb.se/FEB/feb_info.html

    http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/5jcl/5JCL59.htm

    That's the best answer I could come up with based on the information out there.
     
    EmmZ, Jun 18, 2009
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  12. jmpet

    jmpet Valued Senior Member

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    You have the sum of human knowledge at your fingertips. Remember the original Enterprise's computer? Your desktop has a billion times more information in it than that "yes-that-is-correct" computer.

    A toy is just a toy- it does a few things. A computer can do an infinite number of things.
     
    jmpet, Jun 18, 2009
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