Can you relate to the following scenario? You are in the kitchen trying to prepare dinner while you are talking on the phon. A notification appears, and you check your texts. Meanwhile, your teenage ...

From checking emails while on a call to cooking dinner and helping with homework, we all operate through multitasking. But new research suggests that our ability to juggle multiple tasks isn't a ...

Okay, so sure: You can always use Android’s system-level screen-splitting setup if you want to look at two tabs side-by-side or view another app at the same time. But let’s be honest: For most common ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Benjamin Laker is a university professor who writes about leadership We live in a world that glorifies “busyness”. The ability to ...

A professor of developmental psychology explains why our ability to multitask changes as we age. We're all time-poor, so multitasking is seen as a necessity of modern living. We answer work emails ...

Multitasking has gotten a bad rap. Decades of studies have been conducted that point out the many costs of multitasking and the negative outcomes it can have (see Multicosts of Multitasking for a ...

Does multitasking help us be more productive, or is it just stressing us out? Here's what experts say. (Getty Creative) The allure of multitasking is hard to ignore. Of course it sounds like a great ...

You pride yourself on juggling many different tasks at once—answering emails, listening to your favorite podcast, and checking items off your to-do list (all while racking up steps on your mini ...

We can’t really do more than one thing at a time, experts say. But these tactics can help. By Anna Borges Multitasking is just the way many of us live. How often do you text while stuck in traffic, ...

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