You finally sit down to watch a new movie or catch up on your favourite TV show. But within five minutes, your hand ...

Multitasking can make you more distracted because you constantly switch tasks. Multitasking often slows you down because it involves task switch costs. Multitasking hurts executive function by making ...

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

Is Our Brain Really Made for Multitasking? The human brain can absolutely pursue more than one goal at a time, but don’t be fooled: it doesn’t process every bit of incoming information with the same ...

A person on multiple media devices. Chances are you’re guilty of “media multitasking”—and you might not even realize it. Media multitasking can take several forms, like using your phone during a ...

What is toxic multitasking? A psychologist explains how constantly switching between tasks can affect focus, memory, productivity and stress.

If you think you’re good at multitasking, the research has some uncomfortable news. Only about 2.5% of people can genuinely handle two cognitively demanding tasks at once without their performance ...

How many times have you been asked during a job interview, “Are you a good multitasker?” or “How do you juggle multiple tasks at once?” How often has your boss said that you need to multitask better ...

This past week, Steve Chawkins of the LA Times wrote an article on the life and death of Dr. Clifford Nass, a Stanford professor who was one of the first educators to warn of "the dangers of chronic ...

Smartphone RAM is one of the biggest factors affecting how smoothly a phone handles apps, background tasks, and switching between programs. In 2026, growing RAM requirements are being shaped by AI ...