It’s official: Smartphone notifications slow down the brain

Every vibration, sound or pop-up on the screen is not just a brief interruption: it is a genuine interference with the human attention system. According to new research published in Computers in Human Behavior, smartphone notifications can knock out our concentration for around seven seconds every time they appear. The phenomenon was investigated by a [&hellip The post It’s official: Smartphone notifications slow down the brain appeared first on TechCentral.ie.