Just being able to see our smartphones might be draining our brain power

Let's face it — some of us are living deep in the trenches of smartphone addiction. Whether it's by constantly checking social media networks, reading push alerts, or responding to texts, we spend more time than ever on our phone.

So it shouldn't come as a huge surprise that, according to a new study from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, our brain power is significantly reduced when we are near our smartphones.

The study is titled "Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One's Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity" and the study suggests that — as the title states — our proximity to our smartphone reduces our brain power.  Read more...