Keeping phone at your desk reduces productivity, study finds


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 03 Oct 2017

If you can't keep your hands off your smartphone, your work will eventually suffer, a new study has found. 

"People who saw themselves as dependent on their smartphone reported drop-offs in productivity," says Christian Montag, a psychology professor at the University of Ulm in Germany. "I see a clear connection." 

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