The given excerpt aims to analyze the relationship between media multitasking and impulsiveness. The former is assumed to associate with shorter attention spans and increased susceptibility to distraction. Such a notion is supported by a series of studies, showing that students instant messaging achieved poorer academic performance and greater levels of distractibility and impulsiveness, compared to those reading old-fashioned and paper-bound books. However, researchers found out that it is not behavior but mental impulsiveness that is more likely related to media multitasking. The question as to whether multitasking really promotes people to get easily distracted and impulsive or they have short attention spans initially remains a chicken-and-egg problem until now although a vicious circle was identified by Levine and her fellow researchers.
The
given
excerpt aims to analyze the relationship between media multitasking and impulsiveness. The former
is assumed
to associate with shorter attention spans and increased susceptibility to distraction. Such a notion
is supported
by a series of studies, showing that students instant messaging achieved poorer academic performance and greater levels of
distractibility
and impulsiveness, compared to those reading
old
-fashioned and paper-bound books.
However
, researchers found out that it is not behavior
but
mental impulsiveness
that is
more likely related to media multitasking.
The question as to whether
multitasking
really
promotes
people
to
get
easily
distracted and
impulsive or
they have short attention spans
initially
remains a chicken-and-egg problem until
now
although a vicious circle
was identified
by Levine and her fellow researchers.
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