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References

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  2. Ariga, Atsunori and Lleras, Alejandro (2011), ‘Brief and rare mental “breaks” keep you focused: Deactivation and reactivation of task goals preempt vigilance decrements’, Cognition, 118:3, pp. 439–43.
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  6. Bayer, Joseph B. , Ellison, Nicole B. , Schoenebeck, Sarita Y. , and Falk, Emily B. (2016), ‘Sharing the small moments: Ephemeral social interaction on Snapchat’, Information, Communication and Society, 19:7, pp. 956–77.
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  7. Berman, Marc G. , Jonides, John , and Kaplan, Stephen (2008), ‘The cognitive benefits of interacting with nature’, Psychological Science, 19:12, pp. 1207–12.
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  34. Rees, Amelia , Wiggins, Mark W. , Helton, William S. , Loveday, Thomas , and O'Hare, David (2017), ‘The impact of breaks on sustained attention in a simulated, semi-automated train control task’, Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31:3, pp. 351–59.
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     [Google Scholar]
  45. van Nimwegen, Christof and Bergman, Kristi (2019), ‘Effects on cognition of the burn after reading principle in ephemeral media applications’, Behaviour and Information Technology, 38:10, pp. 1060–67.
     [Google Scholar]
  46. Vázquez-Herrero, Jorge , Direito-Rebollal, Sabela , and López-García, Xosé (2019), ‘Ephemeral journalism: News distribution through Instagram stories’, Social Media + Society, 5:4, pp. 1–13.
     [Google Scholar]

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