Multitasking, such as taking notes while on the phone and replying to emails at the same time, involves handling multiple ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Task switching may be cutting your productivity by 40%. Here’s what the multitasking research says and the fix that actually works ...

The article argues that "multitasking" is a myth, especially in a cockpit, and that individuals actually "serial-task" by rapidly switching their focus between different activities. Attempting to ...

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 ...

Multitasking is often talked about with reverence, and that's no surprise. In a world where productivity is a virtue, it makes sense to want to get more done in less time. And what better way to get ...

You finally sit down to watch a new movie or catch up on your favourite TV show. But within five minutes, your hand ...

Newswise — In an era where everyone seems to be doing two things at once, Wake Forest University psychology professor Anthony Sali is working with neuroscience experts to learn more about how the ...

Apple's "Get a sneak peak into the future of iPhone OS" event, in two days, is reason enough to re-raise the thorny topic of multitasking on smartphones. Apple's iPhone OS 3.x -- on iPad, iPhone and ...

There is a sense of pride often felt when multitasking, as if we have defied human nature by completing more than one high-level brain task at a time, rendering us both superhuman and incredibly ...