Reexamining the “brain drain” effect: A replication of Ward et al. (2017)

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• C6 Phones in lessons sets a limit on it

  Preregistered direct replication of Ward et al. 2017 Experiment 2 (N = 383): no effect of smartphone location on OSpan, F(2, 377) = 0.10, p = .91, or on go/no-go performance. The mere-presence mechanism cited in C6's Bounds did not replicate. Laboratory undergraduates, not school lessons.