You might say browser tabs are the new litmus test for multitasking. The more tabs you have open, the more multitasking work you’re doing, and the less likely you ...

People who attempt many chores at a time are not being more productive, they just derive emotional satisfaction from it, says research. People who attempt many chores at a time are not being more ...

I remember becoming acutely aware of students’ multi-tasking abilities in 2005. I watched my daughter, who was a senior in high school, do her homework while also enjoying four other inputs—music from ...

We're all time-poor, so multi-tasking is seen as a necessity of modern living. We answer work emails while watching TV, make shopping lists in meetings and listen to podcasts when doing the dishes. We ...

Many people try to juggle a growing number of unfinished tasks by multi-tasking. As we discussed in a previous post, multi-tasking just makes you less productive because our brains do not work that ...