Switching between tasks comes naturally to some people, but if you have ADHD, it can feel like your mind is juggling a dozen things at once—whether you want it to or not. There’s a real difference ...

Multitasking has become a common habit for many of us. Many times it seems like the only option to manage everything in this ...

Research shows that even brief mental blocks created by shifting between tasks can cost as much as 40% of someone’s productive time, the equivalent of dropping 10 IQ points from our cognitive ...

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While technology has given us tools to increase productivity and efficiency, it also introduced more distractions than ever. Multitasking often has been praised as a way to do more, but research has ...

Automakers have turned dashboards into glossy slabs of glass, inviting drivers to swipe, scroll and tap their way through ...

What does juggling have to do with legal technology? “It’s all about setting a network,” said comedian and juggler Mark Nizer. “You’re processing an ingoing ball and an outgoing ball at the same ...

The news that multitasking is bad isn’t even news anymore. In recent years, people have begun to recognize what psychologists have known for decades: If you try to do two things at the same time, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Isn’t multitasking a great subject? It must be since I keep coming back to it. Today, ...