Eating dinner without checking your email: impulse control, time preference, and mobile device usage

Can you last through a 2-hour dinner without checking your email? What about a 4-hour picnic with the family? Recent research examined the factors that determine people's reliance on their devices. Impatience and low impulse control determine whether someone can last through a romantic dinner without a phone.

Source: Psychonomic Society News - March 10, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news