Neuroscientists have typically thought of energy supply to the brain as demand-based. A supply-limited view offers another perspective toward aging and why multitasking can be difficult.
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Has COVID rendered concepts such as “work-life conflict” or “work-life balance” redundant?
Maybe we need new ways to describe and navigate the new pandemic reality.
Analysis of 46 studies indicates that there’s still a lot of uncertainty about the long-term impacts of digital device use on cognition.
A study compared students’ performance in schools that had banned mobiles and schools that hadn’t. They found students who weren’t allowed to use mobile phones in class had higher test scores.
You’re not as good as blocking out distractions as you think you are.
The myth that women are superior multitaskers has just been busted. So, let’s divide work in and out of the home so women aren’t left running themselves ragged.
‘Heavy’ media multitaskers performed worse on attention and memory tests – and some even had structural brain differences.
Multitasking may not be what you think it is and it might not even help you be more productive if you choose to do the wrong things at the same time.
Workplace productivity is about more than fancy gadgets. It’s about taking care of your body and mind, even away from work.
The recent women’s marches were a reminder that equality in parenting has a long way to go.
In men and older women, a complicated thinking test appeared to overwhelm the part of the brain also responsible for moving one of their arms. They could only do one or the other.
Laptops in class are distracting – even for the most motivated students.
It’s all down to what’s called your working memory.
Research regularly shows when people try to do two things at once, they tend to do both tasks more poorly than if they’d only attempted one at a time.
As summer vacations approach, it’s worth recalling the value of disconnecting and perils of multitasking in our digitally distracted lifestyles.
Computers and smartphones make us stressed and ill. It’s about time we rethought how we should be using them.
Never before have we been such compulsive multitaskers, blogging and tweeting using multiple devices and smartphones anywhere and everywhere, from trains to cafes. It seems a little backwards, then, that…
The dangers of texting while driving recently received renewed attention thanks to a public service documentary produced by German film director Werner Herzog. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
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