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by Timothy A. Pychyl
Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he specializes in the study of procrastination. See full bio
April 9, 2009, Social Life

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Tweeting and the economics of attention

By Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. on April 9, 2009 in Don't Delay

Everyone is all a titter about Twitter at Princeton this Fox News story reports. But the associate director of the Center for Information Technology Policy at the university is reported to have said that he thought Twitter served primarily as a distraction for most of the site's users. Read More

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