According to a 2007 study by Loughborough University academic, Thomas Jackson, most of us reply to e-mails immediately - many within six seconds. Then it takes at least a minute to recover our thoughts. Not long after, more e-mails arrive, with more checking, and so on.
While reading the article I caught myself not remembering for a while what it is that I am currently working on :)
While reading the article I caught myself not remembering for a while what it is that I am currently working on :)