Study Finds Smartphone Restrictions Fail to Reduce Overall Distraction

Distracted phone users will find other ways to procrastinate without their devices

More than 40 percent of Americans admit they’re addicted to their smartphones

In one experiment, subjects were forced to stand up while working if they wanted to use their phones. The result: they were more likely to use their laptops to browse social media.

Your phone may not be the problem when it comes to distraction, study says

Yes, smartphones are designed to keep your attention, but even when it is out of reach, people will still find ways to procrastinate, a new study shows.

Those constantly distracted by their phone will just find other ways to procrastinate if it isn't nearby, study suggests

A new study published in Frontiers in Computer Science investigated if placing smartphones just out of our reach while we're at work influenced device use for activities not related to work.

Who Asked? // Is it really the damn phones?

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The variety is always appreciated when choosing and having many offers born from the competition is something positive, but in these digital times the excess can mutate in too much. We lose too much time diving every day in the network, which immunizes us with multiple calls of attention that end up distorting our interest and diverting our gaze. It is difficult to resist their claim and, on many occasions, their misleading calls in headlines li…