So many things can keep you from seeing your loved ones in person, from busy schedules to long distances to a rather unexpected pandemic. 【小题1】 But if you're someone who's more prone(倾向于)to typed out messages than verbal ones, you may want to reconsider. 【小题2】

A new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, found that communication interactions that included voice, like a phone call or video chat, created stronger social bonds than communication through typing, like text messaging or email. In the study, researchers used various experiments to estimate connectedness. In one, they asked 200 people to make predictions about what it would be like to reconnect with an old friend by email or by phone and then assigned people at random to do one or the other. 【小题3】 "People reported they did form a significantly stronger bond with their old friend on the phone versus email, and they did not feel more awkward,“ study co-author Amit Kumar, an assistant professor of marketing at the McCombs School of Business, said in a statement.

【小题4】 They found that both forms of voice communication-whether video or audio only-made the strangers feel significantly more connected than when they communicated via text.

Sabrina Romanoff, a Harvard trained clinical psychologist based in New York City, says 【小题5】 “A phone call is actually more convenient when considering the net effects of the message,” she explains. “Each party is more present, and therefore, able to gauge the meaning behind the content without ruminating on the endless possible meanings behind words and punctuation.”