Study: Multitasking Might Be Bad For Your Brain
Being able to juggle multiple tasks at once may not be as productive as we think. A new study from the National Academy of Sciences found that people who perform multiple tasks in a variety of media — like instant messaging, Web surfing, word processing, texting and more — are more easily distracted by irrelevant information and therefore have a more difficult time when needed to switch attention from one task to another.