Switchtasking

A new study suggests that frequent multitaskers may be compromising their response time, because they become more easily distracted by irrelevant information and clog up their short-term memory with it. By trying to pay attention to a lot of things, multitaskers end up less able to zero in on what’s important. It turns out that people don’t multitask - they switchtask, as no one can do two things at once that use the same part of the brain. So the next time your kid claims he can study while watching TV or texting his friends, tell him to think again!

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