Dr Anders Hansen

They just have it in the pocket.

And it turns out that the ones who have left the phone outside perform better.

Even if you don't pick it up.

So it's just by being in the same room it distracts you.

And the reason is probably that it's providing you with so much stimulation that you must constantly think, I'm not going to pick up my phone.

I'm not going to pick up my phone.

I'm not going to pick up my phone.

And then you get distracted.

And that doesn't matter if you're doing something very ordinary.

But if you have to be focused at your work or in school, you're studying for exam, leave the phone outside.

There's also been experience made where you have two people talking to a stranger.

They sit in front of one another and there's a table in between.

And they talk for 10 minutes about the subject.

And on half of these tables, there is a notebook, paper and pen.

And on the other half of the tables, there's a phone.

And they don't pick up the phone.

But it turns out that the pairs who have a phone on their table, they find the discussion less interesting.

They even find the person they're talking to less reliable.

And that's probably because they have to think, I'm not going to pick up my phone.

I'm not going to pick up my phone.