The Mere Presence of a Cell Phone May be Distracting

By B. Thornton, A. Faires, M. Robbins, Eric Eakia Rollins. 2014

277 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/238fa7aa09dfa9beeec1f1e1aaa80bb367bf2557

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Jason M. Chein
2. Lauren E. Sherman
3. Henry H. Wilmer

In Information Systems and Management

1. Michel Tuan Pham
2. Shiri Melumad

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Jason M. Chein
2. Lauren E. Sherman
3. Henry H. Wilmer
4. Michel Tuan Pham
5. Shiri Melumad

Citations in the corpus

• Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017, unknown): “Thornton et al. (2014, 485 – 86) found that a visually salient cellphone can impair performance on tasks requiring sustained attention by eliciting awareness of the “ broad social and informational network . . . that one is not part of at the moment.”
• Smartphones and Cognition: A Review of Research Exploring the Links between Mobile Technology Habits and Cognitive Functioning (2017, background): “Thornton et al. (2014) conducted a study in which participants were asked to complete two neuropsychological tasks designed to measure executive function and attention, a digit cancelation task and a trail-making task.”