Psychology

A desire for distraction: uncovering the rates of media multitasking during online research studies

A. C. Drody, E. J. Pereira, et al.

A secondary analysis of nearly 3,000 online participants reveals high rates of media multitasking during studies—averaging 38% and ranging 9–85%—raising concerns about the interpretability of online research. Research conducted by Allison C. Drody, Effie J. Pereira, and Daniel Smilek.

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