The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)

Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by wool_gather on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:08PM (#24521350)

Heck, sometimes it can be fun to get a little lost. "Oh, _that's_ where $FOO is!", as you accidentally go by it. Or "That looks like a cool $BAR, I'll have to come back and check it out"

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by waihtis on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:27PM (#24521544)

This is definitely part of the fun. I sometimes take new routes to places I’ve visited before without particularly checking beforehand if road XYZ actually connects to the intended destination (it’s enough if it leads to it’s general direction) - once in a while you end up in a cul-de-sac, but mostly you end up with your described situation

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by ezekiel68 on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:39PM (#24522541)

I "third" this sentiment (along with my fellow replyer).

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