So if you're in the market for a higher-grade distraction than a cat soothing a baby or celebs telling a drunk Christmas story, then don't worry.
We thought he should be getting better grades, but distractions always seemed to get in the way: video games, roller hockey, Magic cards, girls, video games, TV and cars.
The mean difference for each distraction grade (a,b,c) between groups was tested with an F-test for equal variance.
This was C-grade parenting — the distraction, the emotionalism, the penitent bursts of attention — but Ben seemed unbothered.
Cognitive behavioural interventions include graded activity, exercise, positive reinforcement, distraction and imagery.
The histological grading score was significantly lower in the distraction group (P < 0.02).
The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation.
Yesterday, the NY Times came out with an article on texting, with physicians and psychologists saying the increased usage of SMS by teens leads to "anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation".
"A tighter budget will be a distraction, perhaps detrimental to my final grade.
Students in the non-multitasking control group wrote down 62% more information, took notes with more details, were able to recall more detailed information, and scored a full letter grade and a half higher than students in the low-distraction and high-distraction groups.
It is not the restlessness and rambunctiousness that happen when grade-schoolers are deprived of recess, or the distraction of socially minded teenagers in the smartphone era.
