Ever wonder why it might take you so long to get your reading/studying done?

An interesting study done using IMs showed that students who answered their messages while reading a 5 page article in a psychology class took almost double the time to read the article than those students who did not respond to any incoming messages.

Although the grades on the test the next day didn’t differ for each to the groups, the amount of time reading and studying did. A number of the students who responded to their messages in class had to spend extra time reading the material to get through it.

HOT TIP: Turn off your phone, email, and other digital messaging systems before you start to read or study. You will take less time to study if you focus on your reading rather than trying to focus on more than one thing at a time.