Your smartphone is making you hallucinate. It's called phantom vibration syndrome yes, it's a real psychological phenomenon and studies in the past few years have found, when surveying college undergraduates, Why Does My Phone Randomly Vibrate? Why is My Left Foot Vibrating? Halos of Hope Finding your inner light The phantom vibration effect is when you feel your phone vibrate even though it didn't. over 90% of people under 30 report feeling it, often because their brain is used to expecting Phantom vibrations give device junkies a buzz Ever feel your phone vibrate and then realize it didn't? That's phantom vibration syndrome, and it's surprisingly common. What's happening Your brain is excellent at pattern recognition. When you're repeatedly