Ambient noise, email checking frequency, and academic tracking
Useful Science
English - March 11, 2016 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 110 ratingsScience Education science parenting education creativity productivity environment health fitness nutrition happiness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week we learn about ambient noise for creative thinking, email checking frequency, and academic tracking, which is separating students into different classes or schools according to their academic ability.
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Show Notes
Individuals who were instructed to only check e-mails 3 times per day (as opposed to as many times as they wanted) reported lower levels of daily stress.
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