Even with highly extensive training, the human brain is not really capable of performing two tasks simultaneously. Moreover, even the smallest deviations from trained routines can have a significant ...

Think you’re great at multitasking? Answering texts, listening to a podcast and finishing work at the same time? Your brain may disagree. A new study out of Germany suggests that people can’t truly do ...

Study links multitasking limitations to real-world risks like driving while talking or complex professional duties.

Recently, a scientific research study was published in a reputable medical journal showing that multitasking can be a significant challenge. When people talk about multitasking, they usually focus on ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Men may be helping more in the home but working women still do more multitasking in U.S. families than their partners and are finding it stressful, according to a new study.

From checking emails while on a call to cooking dinner and helping with homework, we all operate through multitasking. But new research suggests that our ability to juggle multiple tasks isn't a ...

Children face a deluge of electronic information from traditional television and computers to tablets, smartphones and video games, but prior studies examining the impact of electronic media on ...

Not that this will necessarily make you feel any better, but “senior moments” of temporarily forgetting what you were about to do have a scientific explanation behind them. University of California, ...

Today, the vast majority of us multitask while using our smartphones. We play games, email, surf social media, text, and use apps and other functions while watching television, eating, doing work, or ...

The amount of time clinicians spend multitasking while using EHRs exceeds the amount of time clinicians are silent while using EHRs, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows. The study ...

Watch instead of scrolling. When you quit watching movies while multitasking, these are the actual changes that occur in your brain and emotions.

It is not a myth - women really are better than men at multitasking, at least in certain cases, a study says. Men were slower and less organised than women when switching rapidly between tasks in ...