Multitasking Backlash
You may pride yourself on the ability to
juggle multiple tasks, said Jon Hamilton
in NPR.com But MIT researchers say
your multitasking is a myth.
You might think you’re doing two things at once,
but in fact you’re just switching attention
from one thing to the next very quickly,
says Earl Miller, a professor of neuroscience
at MIT.
Because similiar tasks compete for resources
from the same part of the brain, one task always wins.
“Think about writing an e-mail and talking on the phone
at the same time,” says Miller.
It’s nearly impossible.
Here’s the link to the NPR article below:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794
CHECK OUT THESE ARTICLES:
Multitasking is a Myth:
http://www.newser.com/story/38997/multitasking-is-a-myth.html
Does Multitasking Really Make You More Productive?
http://www.instigatorblog.com/does-multitasking-really-make-you-more-productive/2007/03/29/
What Makes Information Workers Productive?
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2008/winter/12/
Understanding productivity in the Information Age
http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/2007-brynjolfsson.php
5 Ways to Multitask Productively… Using Email!
http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/
Multitasking and Task Switching
http://www.umich.edu/~bcalab/multitasking.html
Thank you.
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