a new study shows that the ever-present urge to use our smartphones is actually reducing our brainpower, even if we refuse to adhere to it.Adrian Ward of the University of Texas at Austin and his colleagues conducted this study, they measured the brain power of about 700 smartphone users while performing a variety of tasks. These participants were asked to complete various tests which measured their cognitive abilities in an effort to gauge the amount of information their brains could handle.Individuals were selected at random to place their smartphone either in their pocket, on the desk at which they were sitting, or in atotally separate room.

From the research, it was noted that those who were instructed to put their smartphones in a different room handily outperformed those who had their devices readily available, also, the participants who had their phones in their pockets also beat out those whose phones were visible on the desk in front of them.According to Ward,“It’s not that participants were distracted because they were getting notifications on their phones, the mere presence of their smartphone was enough to reduce their cognitive capacity.”


Source: http://www.nosygist.com.ng/2017/07/study-reveals-that-smartphones-makes.html

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