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My addiction to gadgets is genetic

July 12, 2006

Scientists who apparently study such things have discovered that there may be a genetic reason for those of us who always have to have the latest and greatest toys and gadgets. From the article:

“They say people with a specific form of a cellular enzyme, known as monoamine oxidase A, are more in need of stimulation from new things.

In a paper published in the scientific journal Psychiatric Genetics, researchers from Japan’s Yamagata University School of Medicine say the enzyme is ’significantly associated with higher scores of novelty-seeking’.

Essentially, that means people with the genetic predisposition to replace an existing gadget with the updated version simply cannot help themselves.”

Ha! I at last can win those arguments! “Amanda, I have to get this new laptop — I can’t help it!”

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