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According to Very Well Mind, the significant cognitive costs of multitasking, revealing that our brains are not designed to efficiently handle multiple tasks at once. While many people believe that ...

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 ...

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Some of these habits seem harmless—but your brain may disagree.

We all know we’re supposed to exercise our bodies. Walk more. Lift weights. Stretch. But we forget that the brain needs ...

If you can juggle more, faster, you must be performing well. The problem is that this belief feels productive—but it isn’t.

If you have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you probably know the feeling of trying to do too many things at once. You start an email, then remember ...

That slacker who gets up and takes a leisurely stroll around the office every couple of hours might actually be more productive than you if you’re not doing it, too. And that multitasking you’re doing ...

Although "multitasking" is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us just shift back and forth between different tasks, a process ...

Shashi Tharoor’s stumble on the Parliament steps made a Hyderabad doctor warn his followers about the dangers of using a ...