The peer-reviewed experiment found interrupted tasks completed faster without quality loss, but with greater stress, frustration, time pressure, and effort.
Our data suggests that people compensate for interruptions by working faster, but this comes at a price: experiencing more stress, higher frustration, time pressure and effort.
Abstract
The peer-reviewed experiment found interrupted tasks completed faster without quality loss, but with greater stress, frustration, time pressure, and effort. The 23 minutes 15 seconds figure was not located in this paper.