Multitasking takes a serious toll on productivity. Our brains lack the ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time—in moments where we think we're multitasking, we're likely just switching ...

It's homework time and 17-year-old Megan Casady of Silver Spring, Md., is ready to study. She heads down to the basement, turns on MTV and boots up her computer. Over the next half hour, Megan will ...

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You’ve been told that multitasking is a bad idea. Articles and essays appear every day telling you why multitasking is dangerous, makes things take longer, tires out your brain, reduces the quality of ...

Photo of multitasking girl from Shutterstock. Like many digital natives, your children are probably on their way to becoming lifelong multitaskers (or so you think). As the research indicates, ...