Researchers show what you already know: that constant pinging in your pocket monopolizes your attention

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All
those notifications about Instagram followers, Facebook
likes, Twitter @mentions, Snapchat messages and texts can be
distracting. Hell, writing that sentence was distracting—an
urgent reminder to check my damn phone already. All of which is
to say, anyone with an iPhone understands how technology competes for
our attention—but a new study has gone further, linking smartphones
to symptoms similar to those of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD).