Effect of the Presence of a Mobile Phone during a Spatial Visual Search
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Recent studies suggest that the “mere presence” of a mobile phone impairs social interactions and neuropsychological test performance. The present study examined whether the presence of a mobile phone causes spatial bias toward the device during a visual search task. Participants identified a target among spatially distributed non‐targets. We manipulated three factors: device presence (mobile phone or notepad), target congruency (congruent or incongruent), and attentional load (set size 8 or 24). A mobile phone (or a notepad in the control condition) was placed on the left side of the computer screen. Participants also completed a questionnaire to measure I nternet usage and attachment. Participants with high scores on the questionnaire rapidly identified the target at the congruent (same side as the phone) location, but the mere presence effect did not occur in this condition. In contrast, participants with low scores on the questionnaire demonstrated the mere presence effect, but no spatial bias was observed. These results suggest that the mere presence effect can be modulated by individual differences in the degree to which a device is appealing.
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The effect of smartphone presence/availability during cognitive performance is moderated by mobile phone dependence, Internet use/attachment, and nomophobia.
“Recent research also suggests that the effect of smartphone presence/availability during cognitive performance is moderated by mobile phone (psychological) dependence21, Internet use/attachment30, and nomophobia (i.e., the fear of being without access to one’s cell phone16), all of these constructs being assessed with self-report scales.”
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- Authors
- Ito, M., & Kawahara, J.
- Affiliations
- Chukyo University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Kawahara, Jun‐Ichiro
- Venue
- Japanese Psychological Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-12-26
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 188-198
- ISSN
- 0021-5368 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-5884
- OpenAlex
- W2562437048
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 2.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Japanese Psychological Research (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (26285168, 17J04401)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Digital Media and Philosophy
- Keywords
- spatial bias, attentional load, individual differences, internet use, device attachment, smartphone distraction
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