henry copeland: Good reason not to carry a phone on your run. pllqt.it/aIAmVQ Phone Notifications Are Distracting Even When You Ignore Them The researchers found that performance on the assessment suffered if the student received any kind of audible notification. That is, every kind of phone distraction was equally destructive to their performance: An irruptive ping distracted people just as much as a shrill, sustained ring tone. It didn’t matter, too, if a student ignored the text or didn’t answer the phone: As long as they got a notification, and knew they got it, their test performance suffered. - www.theatlantic.com managing racery mobile distraction Send