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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by aggie on Monday June 26, 2017 @06:05PM (#14640778)
That was what they had participants do in this study, and they still observed the effect.
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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by roselan on Monday June 26, 2017 @07:05PM (#14641170)
When you are used to notifications, you look for them even if you don't have your phone with you. It takes a while to detoxify yourself, and lose your "check reflex".
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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by svachalek on Monday June 26, 2017 @08:00PM (#14641467)
I suspect that actually having loud and obnoxious alerts would probably reduce the burden, because then you'd never worry you missed one.
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