Nyrin t1_j8qzpm8 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 9:18 AM

Reply to comment by crazyplantgoth in Smartphone checking predicts more daily cognitive failures, study finds by chrisdh79

Or perhaps people with such behavioral patterns idly check their phones more.

Causation is an enormous and unwarranted leap. The correlation is interesting and valuable, but that's still all it is.

Girafferage t1_j8rxwdw wrote on February 16, 2023 at 3:05 PM

I wouldn't say that. There are other studies showing that things such as checking your phone while watching a movie or scrolling Facebook while working directly impact your ability to concentrate and recall memories in the long term.

It's not surprising. If you frequently allow yourself to flip between multiple forms of media then you are just conditioning yourself to continue to want to do so in situations where you shouldn't be, such as at work.