Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (www.journals.uchicago.edu)
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AndreTelevise@lemm.ee on 09 Aug 2023 09:36 next collapse

Individuals are constantly surrounded by potentially meaningful information; however, their ability to use this information is consistently constrained by cognitive systems that are capable of attending to and processing only a small amount of the information available at any given time

100% this.

CaptObvious@literature.cafe on 09 Aug 2023 14:40 collapse

In my ed psych courses, I was left with the understanding that people pretty effectively filter out the stimuli that don’t actually benefit them. I can understand how a marketer would find this frustrating and go looking for something to blame.

ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml on 09 Aug 2023 11:17 next collapse

Truly the new opioid of the masses

CaptObvious@literature.cafe on 09 Aug 2023 11:50 next collapse

These researchers are all marketers. While they may plausibly have expertise in some behavioral science domains, there’s no evidence that they’re qualified to address cognition. Where are the psychologists’ papers on this question?

SheeEttin@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 2023 13:37 collapse

Looks like the primary author has a PhD in psychology

CaptObvious@literature.cafe on 09 Aug 2023 14:33 collapse

Adrian F. Ward (adrian.ward@mccombs.utexas.edu) is an assistant professor of marketing….

I didn’t see which field his PhD is in. His research focus is consumer behavior.

SheeEttin@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 2023 14:52 collapse

www.mccombs.utexas.edu/…/adrian-ward/

Prior to joining UT, he received his PhD in psychology from Harvard University

Second result when searching his name on Google.

CaptObvious@literature.cafe on 09 Aug 2023 14:56 collapse

Not in my search. Curious. Thanks.

Cognition is still not his research specialty according to his personal website and publication history (that I could find quickly), so I wouldn’t give as much weight to his opinion on it.

Voyajer@kbin.social on 09 Aug 2023 15:00 collapse

phone bad