When transplant surgeons switched between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, one-year mortality rates in patients increased by 14.8%, according to new Virginia Tech research. The findings ...

As we move through everyday life, our brains engage in a huge variety of cognitive tasks. For example, during a grocery run, we might have to recall the items for a recipe, remember where the clerk ...

French researchers show that a progressive tempo tapping task recruits working memory, inhibition, and switching in distinct ...

When transplant surgeons switched between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, one-year mortality rates in patients increased by 14.8 percent, according to new Virginia Tech research. The ...

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A message appears on the screen; attention is drawn to it without any conscious decision, and the current task is put on hold. Deciding to switch tasks requires little energy, but actually doing so ...

Does this describe you? While you are on a teleconference call you are writing up your quarterly report, checking your email, and texting your friend about where you are meeting for lunch. You would ...

These tips go beyond the basics of silencing notifications and keeping set hours. 5 Ways To Reset An Unproductive Afternoon One or two hours of lost productivity shouldn't ruin your whole workday.