Is Our Brain Really Made for Multitasking? The human brain can absolutely pursue more than one goal at a time, but don’t be ...

The modern world celebrates the multitasker. We praise those who can answer emails while on conference calls, scroll social media during TV shows, and text while walking. But behind this apparent ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Younger adults might have no problem grocery shopping online while watching a show or calling a ...

Give single-tasking a try. You’re listening to that Zoom call in the background, reviewing emails, and answering notifications as they ping on your phone. Or maybe you’re at home, after work, watching ...

When you think you’re multitasking—responding to emails while listening to a conference call while monitoring chat messages—your brain is actually rapidly switching between tasks rather than ...

From drinking your morning coffee while scrolling on your phone to your nighttime wind-down routine where you listen to a podcast and do your skin care, how many times throughout the day do you ...

Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking ...

Sat, May 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC If there’s one thing I’ve mastered from living in New York City, it’s how to do multiple things at once. Answering emails while walking to the subway? Easy. Watching ...

Do your kids try to multitask during homework? If so, you all probably suffer the consequences of their inadequate sleep, their scramble to finish assignments, or submission of work less than their ...

In our efforts to keep our brains healthy, how do we know what is working? Helen Thomson explores a new generation of tests ...