academic research do we have your attention?

academic research do we have your attention?

Sep 21, 2011

DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? A fresh report by two professors suggests that Facebook'ing and IM'ing while you're studying will (deep breath) hurt your grades. Not emailing, though. It's a report that provokes as many questions as answers, as Audrey Watters deftly points out. For instance, shouldn't using Quora make us at least a wee bit smarter?

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