Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive CapacityAdrian Ward, Kristen Duke, Ayelet Gneezy, and Maarten Bos in Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. Vol. 2, Iss. 2, 2017, pp. 140-154. https://doi.org/10.1086/691462
This article details research done on the “brain drain” hypothesis that the presence of one’s smartphone contributes to declined cognitive performance.