Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One's Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity

Adrian F. Ward, Kristen Duke, Ayelet Gneezy, Maarten W. Bos

Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2017. DOI 10.1086/691462

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 2 replications of this study. Recorded outcomes: 2 failed.

Reexamining the "brain drain" effect: A replication of Ward et al. (2017), Ruiz Pardo & Minda (2022). Outcome recorded: failed. Using the same tasks and conditions as in Ward et al.'s (2017) second experiment, the present study found that the "brain drain" effect did not replicate: there was no difference between smartphone location conditions on performance on either the o-span task or the go/no-go task. View paper
Reexamining the "Brain Drain" Effect: Does Ward et al. (2017) Replicate?, Ruiz Pardo & Minda (2021). Outcome recorded: failed. Using the same tasks and conditions as in Ward et al.'s (2017) second experiment, the present study found that the "brain drain" effect did not replicate: there was no difference between smartphone location conditions on performance on either the o-span task or the go/no-go task. View paper