Phubbing(Phone Snubbing) And The Lure Of Distraction

People often complain when others are distracted by cell phones — spouses not fully listening to each other because they keep glancing at their phones, a couple on a dinner date at a restaurant with their phones on the table, friends hanging out together all immersed in their phones. Yet despite how much we complain about the distraction of cell phones, we continue to allow ourselves to succumb to it.

New research explores why we "phub" (short for "phone snub") others, despite disapproving of the practice.