A Messy Environment Makes It Harder for You to Focus on a Task !!

February 19, 2014

Research Fact 
A Messy Environment Makes It Harder for You to Focus on a Task !! 

Experiment : 
People who sat by a messy desk that was scattered with papers felt more frustrated and weary and took nearly 10% longer to answer questions in a color-and-word-matching task, in comparison with those who were seated by a neatly arranged desk ! 
Reason ? 
 A disorganized environment appears to threaten people’s sense of personal control, and the threat depletes their ability to regulate themselves, the researchers say.
In digital parlance, same principle applies to messy laptops , email boxes , Folders , Desktops and online archieves . 

Reserach conducted by :  Doctoral candidate Boyoun (Grace) Chae of the University of British Columbia and Rui (Juliet) Zhu of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in China.
SOURCE: Environmental Disorder Leads to Self-Regulatory Failure