You’re reheating your coffee for the third time, half-listening to a conference call and taking inventory of your fridge to see what you can throw together for dinner. If this sounds familiar, you’re ...

Those who study attention say the push to multitask is badly misguided: The brain isn’t actually doing numerous things at ...

The modern world celebrates the multitasker. We praise those who can answer emails while on conference calls, scroll social media during TV shows, and text while walking. But behind this apparent ...

It doesn't quite read your mind, but the experimental Brainput device tracks brain activity to recognize when users are multitasking to offload work. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

According to Very Well Mind, the significant cognitive costs of multitasking, revealing that our brains are not designed to efficiently handle multiple tasks at once. While many people believe that ...

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The chances are good that you’re reading this with a window or two open and maybe email alerts coming through or a Slack conversation going on and maybe there’s music or a television on in the ...

Modern communication technology devices like cell phones, tablets, and laptops enable us to accomplish tasks more efficiently and quickly. Using mobile devices, we can sit in a meeting or seminar, ...

Although "multitasking" is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us just shift back and forth between different tasks, a process ...