The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity

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Post by whocanfly » Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 7:02 AM UTC

The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity
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Post by anonu » Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 2:23 PM UTC

I think we saw this on HN a few months back. Can't find the prior discussion.

EDIT - Did a bit more searching: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14639967

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Post by closed » Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 2:39 PM UTC

Interesting article! I worked with complex span tasks in grad school, and just had people silence their phones :(.

I wonder how many reaches participants made toward their phones when they were in their desk or pocket (even if they were off) ..

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Post by Phemist » Sun, Aug 13, 2017, 3:13 PM UTC

anonu wrote: post #2

I think we saw this on HN a few months back. Can't find the prior discussion. EDIT - Did a bit more searching: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14639967

This article grabbed my attention the last time it was posted. The original research is severely flawed - see my post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14645120

I was a bit late to the party last time, but hopefully some of the speculations that happened last time can be nipped in the bud this time around.