Two groups of students at Cornell University listened to the same lecture, with one group allowed to use laptops to browse the Internet and the other group required to keep laptops closed. When tested, the group with Internet access remembered

A. significantly less information than the other group.
B. significantly more information than the other group.
C. about the same amount of information as the other group.
D. all of the information presented.


Answer: A

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