Reducing your screen time may increase productivity, says study

Using existing smartphone applications to monitor cellphone screen time can enhance focused or mindful cellphone usage, according to recent research by Kaveh Abhari of San Diego State University and Isaac Vaghefi of City University of New York. This, in turn, leads to higher perceived productivity and user satisfaction. The research was designed to determine if self-regulatory behaviours could lead to modified user behaviour for more positive outcomes.

"We theorised that individuals who tracked their cellphone usage and set goals surrounding that tended to have enhanced productivity and contentment with their productivity as they met their stated objectives. Previous research has shown that goal setting tends to raise performance expectations and we wanted to see if this theory held true for smartphone screen time as well," said Abhari.