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Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2769" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://health.clevelandclinic.org/science-clear-multitasking-doesnt-work/" target="_blank"><strong>Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work - Cleveland Clinic</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Studies show it makes us less efficient and more prone to errors</strong></p><p></p><p>Some days you feel like a master multitasker as you drink your morning coffee, catch up on email and tune into a conference call. But did you know that for most people, in most situations, <a href="https://health.clevelandclinic.org/multitasking-why-its-bad-for-you-and-your-kids/" target="_blank">multitasking</a> isn’t actually possible?</p><p></p><p>We’re really wired to be monotaskers, meaning that our brains can only focus on one task at a time, says neuropsychologist <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/4293-cynthia-kubu" target="_blank">Cynthia Kubu, PhD</a>. “When we think we’re multitasking, most often we aren’t really doing two things at once, but instead, we’re doing individual actions in rapid succession, or task-switching,” she says.</p><p></p><p>One study found that <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/PBR.17.4.479" target="_blank">just 2.5%</a> of people are able to multitask effectively. For the rest of us, our attempts to do multiple activities at once aren’t actually that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2769, member: 1"] [URL='https://health.clevelandclinic.org/science-clear-multitasking-doesnt-work/'][B]Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work - Cleveland Clinic[/B][/URL] [B]Studies show it makes us less efficient and more prone to errors[/B] Some days you feel like a master multitasker as you drink your morning coffee, catch up on email and tune into a conference call. But did you know that for most people, in most situations, [URL='https://health.clevelandclinic.org/multitasking-why-its-bad-for-you-and-your-kids/']multitasking[/URL] isn’t actually possible? We’re really wired to be monotaskers, meaning that our brains can only focus on one task at a time, says neuropsychologist [URL='https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/4293-cynthia-kubu']Cynthia Kubu, PhD[/URL]. “When we think we’re multitasking, most often we aren’t really doing two things at once, but instead, we’re doing individual actions in rapid succession, or task-switching,” she says. One study found that [URL='https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/PBR.17.4.479']just 2.5%[/URL] of people are able to multitask effectively. For the rest of us, our attempts to do multiple activities at once aren’t actually that. [/QUOTE]
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