Our subjective visual experiences involve complex interaction between our eyes, our brain,
and the surrounding world. It gives us the sense of sight, color, stereopsis, distance, pattern …

Work interruptions are ubiquitous in today's workplaces as a result of the proliferation of
technology and a growing emphasis on collaboration and open workspaces. Although a …

Notifications on mobile phones alert users about new messages, emails, social network
updates, and other events. However, little is understood about the nature and effect of such …

Notifications are extremely beneficial to users, but they often demand their attention at
inappropriate moments. In this paper we present an in-situ study of mobile interruptibility …

As smartphones increasingly pervade our daily lives, people are ever more interrupted by
alerts and notifications. Using both correlational and experimental methods, we explored …

Notifications are a core feature of mobile phones. They inform users about a variety of
events. Users may take immediate action or ignore them depending on the importance of a …

In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online and mobile technologies--including instant
messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis--are profoundly …

Every day, billions of us receive smartphone notifications. Designed to distract, these
interruptions capture and monetize our time and attention. Though smartphones are …

We performed an empirical study to investigate whether the context of interruptions makes a
difference. We found that context does not make a difference but surprisingly, people …

Look around at today's youth and you can see how technology has changed their lives. They
lie on their beds and study while listening to mp3 players, texting and chatting online with …