Your ringtone is making me stupid

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/14/10400172-your-ringtone-is-making-me-stupid

The next time you hear strains of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” emanating from a cell phone one cube over in your office, take note of how it affects your brain. Do you feel like your thought processes are temporarily on hold? According to a new study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, ringing cell phones are so distracting, they actually reduce our ability to remember information and slow our capacity to get back on task once the ringing stops.