Is Our Brain Really Made for Multitasking? The human brain can absolutely pursue more than one goal at a time, but don’t be ...

Multitasking may give you the illusion that you’re getting more done. But it’s actually a poor tool for efficiency. Despite that — and after decades of ever-increasing expectations for productivity — ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Younger adults might have no problem grocery shopping online while watching a show or calling a ...

Give single-tasking a try. You’re listening to that Zoom call in the background, reviewing emails, and answering notifications as they ping on your phone. Or maybe you’re at home, after work, watching ...

Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing ...

When you think you’re multitasking—responding to emails while listening to a conference call while monitoring chat messages—your brain is actually rapidly switching between tasks rather than ...

You’ve been told that multitasking is a bad idea. Articles and essays appear every day telling you why multitasking is dangerous, makes things take longer, tires out your brain, reduces the quality of ...

Even with highly extensive training, the human brain is not really capable of performing two tasks simultaneously. Moreover, even the smallest deviations from trained routines can have a significant ...

Do your kids try to multitask during homework? If so, you all probably suffer the consequences of their inadequate sleep, their scramble to finish assignments, or submission of work less than their ...