New US research has found that just having your smartphone nearby reduces cognitive capacity and the ability to complete tasks – even when it's switched off.
Carried out by researchers from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, the study set out to try to measure for the first time how well people can complete tasks when they have their smartphones nearby, but are not using them.
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