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A comment on The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017). Parent comment

Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by mdiesel on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:01PM (#24520654)
My OnePlus (not sure how widespread the feature is on android) has a Zen Mode, once started you can't use the phone for most things until the timer elapses.

A bit different, but good if you want a break.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by SamBam on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:47PM (#24521144)
It's interesting, but I wonder if

1) The majority of people disable the feature after a short time (if they needed it in the first place, it's hard to maintain the self-control to keep it enabled, when it's presumably trivial to disable), and

2) Whether the cognitive effects remain, even when it's locked, because the mere presence of the phone makes you think about it, and it being locked makes you think about what you're missing.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by Insanity on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:53PM (#24522260)
If you don't have a oneplus, I suggest the "forest" app. Helps me tremendously. http://forestapp.cc/

(No affiliation, just a happy user)

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by wussboy on Friday September 18, 2020 @07:12PM (#24522765)
I’m going to try this. Thanks!
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