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Even if you go all day without touching your cell phone once, just having it visible nearby may distract you from complex tasks, according to new research in the journal Social Psychology. In the first part of the study, which looked at a group of more than 50 college students, participants were asked to complete different motor tasks with the study leader’s cell phone visible. In the second, participants completed motor tasks with their own cell phones visible. Performance on complex tasks suffered in both conditions when compared to control groups with no visible cell phone.
The study builds on previous research that suggests that having your cell phone out reduces the quality of social interaction, even if you don’t engage with your phone. Having the phone out stifled “interpersonal closeness and trust” and kept study participants from feeling empathy for one another, a 2012 study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships found.
originally posted by: BornAgainAlien
a reply to: diggindirt
We already have quite zones in train coupés which are thus also cell phone free. Over 20 years ago I also knew coffee-shops which had phone scramblers. So it`s already happening.
originally posted by: DAVID64
My wife on the other hand, can not sit for 5 minutes without checking her phone.
originally posted by: DAVID64
My wife and I are like day and night, when it comes to cell phones. I lay mine down and never mess with it, unless someone calls or texts me, or I need to call them. My wife on the other hand, can not sit for 5 minutes without checking her phone. It is the first thing she does when she wakes up. Her eyes open and she reaches for that #@** phone. She's had a car accident because of texting and driving and I suspect that's how my truck got a large dent when she was driving it. She even carries it from room to room, if she's going to be in one place for a while. I just leave mine laying on a table beside my recliner and that's where it stays. Half the time, I leave it at home when I go out. I do however, insist my kids carry theirs when they go somewhere.
originally posted by: BornAgainAlien
a reply to: diggindirt
I live in The Netherlands, we have always been a progressive playground frontrunning with things.
originally posted by: JimNasium
a reply to: diggindirt
Thats funny because as I'm interacting with You/here, I have My wireless headphones awaiting the start to the movie "American Hustle" the t.v. is muted as I was raised in the same family room. Now folks talk during the show and text during the ads which used to be every 15 minutes back in the "good old days" when the channels were 2, 3, 8 and 13 and UHF...
How are the fish biting up that way? The bass here currently have lock-jaw but now that the Ranger™ is fully charged and in the boathouse, tomorrow may just 'pan out' One thing for certain, I won't be disturbed by a phone call...
Tight Lines..