For years, experts said multitasking was a myth. A new Georgetown study just proved that with the right training, your brain ...

A new Georgetown University study says multitasking can be improved with repetition, but only with certain tasks.

The article argues that "multitasking" in complex environments like an airplane cockpit is a myth; pilots actually "serial-task," rapidly switching focus between individual tasks. Attempting to cram ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Melinda French Gates believes in taking on tasks one at a time. During a Monday appearance for her new ...

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 ...

Only 2.5% of people can genuinely multitask. Here’s what science says it’s costing everyone else and how to get that focus ...

Have you ever gotten good at the wrong thing? I think it might have happened to me. Yesterday, I read this article about the myth of multitasking -- how what we once thought of as skillful juggling is ...

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