APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Examining the Effects of Cell Phones and Notifications on Attention and Working Memory

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Cognitive

  • Jenna Brouse
    Towson University
  • Morgan Howell
    Towson University
  • Kerri Goodwin
    Towson University

Abstract

We examined whether the type of cellphone notification, auditory or tactile, effected sustained attention and working memory capacity. It was hypothesized that those in the tactile notification condition would have negative effects on both attention and working memory.

Attention and Distraction

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