Editing Cognitive load (section)

===College students===
As of 2014, an increasing cognitive load for students using a laptop in school has become a concern. With the use of [[Facebook]] and other social forms of communication, adding multiple tasks jeopardizes students performance in the classroom. When many cognitive resources are available, the probability of switching from one task to another is high and does not lead to optimal switching behavior.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Calderwood |first1=Charles |last2=Ackerman |first2=Phillip L. |last3=Conklin |first3=Erin Marie |title=What else do college students 'do' while studying? An investigation of multitasking |journal=Computers & Education |date=June 2014 |volume=75 |pages=19–29 |doi=10.1016/j.compedu.2014.02.004 }}</ref> In a study from 2013, both students who were heavy Facebook users and students who sat nearby those who were heavy Facebook users performed poorly and resulted in lower [[GPA]].<ref name="When it comes to Facebook there may"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sana |first1=Faria |last2=Weston |first2=Tina |last3=Cepeda |first3=Nicholas J. |title=Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers |journal=Computers & Education |date=March 2013 |volume=62 |pages=24–31 |doi=10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.003 |doi-access=free }}</ref>