{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/remove-the-alert-not-only-the-urge-to-answer-it",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1027",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Remove the alert, not only the urge to answer it",
  "summary": "An ignored notification can still be an interruption.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Silence unnecessary sound, vibration and visual banners before the work begins. A laboratory study found attention costs without participants handling the phone. Test the change on your real task rather than borrowing an invented percentage of productivity gained.",
  "limits": [
    "Do not mute medical, safety or dependent-care alerts. This changes interruption delivery; it does not resolve every source of distraction."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "life-01-follow-through"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-3DF11D0F5559BB5A"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Phone notifications disrupted performance in the reported laboratory attention task even without answering the phone.",
      "source_id": "RS-3DF11D0F5559BB5A",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Laboratory distraction is not a measured estimate of everyday productivity loss.",
      "locator": "Results and limitations"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "Nonessential notifications interrupt a task that needs sustained attention."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Do not mute medical, safety or dependent-care alerts. This changes interruption delivery; it does not resolve every source of distraction."
  ],
  "example": "A document review runs without social alerts while an agreed emergency contact can still reach the reviewer.",
  "check": "The work period contains fewer externally triggered interruptions without missed critical coverage.",
  "steps": [
    "Keep a clearly defined route for genuinely urgent contact.",
    "Disable the remaining alerts for a bounded work period.",
    "Check afterward whether interruptions fell and important responsibilities remained covered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-3DF11D0F5559BB5A",
      "title": "The attentional cost of receiving a cell phone notification",
      "url": "https://carystothart.com/publications/attentional-cost-cell-phone-notification"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1027",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1028",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/try-less-mobile-internet-without-making-yourself-unreachable"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47FBA9A01A76EA0B",
      "title": "Make follow-through easier without a discipline contest",
      "url": "/collections/make-follow-through-easier-without-a-discipline-contest"
    }
  ]
}