Concentration Problems Due to Your Phone

Concentration problems are often attributed to stress or fatigue.

Increasingly, the cause turns out to be closer: the phone on the desk.

How Your Phone Disrupts Concentration

Its Presence Is Already Enough

Research shows that cognitive capacity is measurably lower when a smartphone is on the desk — even when the screen is off.

Notifications Train Your Brain

Anyone who regularly checks their phone trains their brain to work in short intervals.

That habit persists, even when notifications are off.

When It Becomes a Problem

Concentration problems from phone use are often recognisable by three signals:

• Difficulty working on one task for more than fifteen minutes
• Thinking about your phone during conversations
• Experiencing little progress at the end of the workday

What Helps

Phone Out of Sight

Putting your phone out of sight reduces cognitive load.

Placing the phone in another room works better than putting it in a drawer in the same room.

A Mechanism Outside the Phone

When environment adjustments aren't enough to stop you from picking up your phone, a barrier outside the device itself helps.

6 Years locks apps via a physical key. To unlock, you have to find the key and scan it again.