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Multitasking works? Not really, Stanford study shows ... Adam Gorlick and Jack Hubbard ... In each of their tests, the researchers split their subjects into two groups: those who regularly do a lot of media multitasking and those who don't.
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news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august24/multitask-research...
news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august24/multitask-research-study-082409.html
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Today's students might be "media multitaskers" who are adept at juggling homework assignments while watching TV or instant-messaging their friends- ... The study, published in the July 24 edition of the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences," also provides a clue about why this happens. ... But in general,
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www.eschoolnews.com/today/today.cfm?ArticleID=6453
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The Thief of Time; Multitasking is Inefficient, Studies Show ... Meyer has done studies concluding that people can, through training, improve their ability to multitask. He calls this "mental yoga." For instance, with practice, people can improve the time it takes them to respond to a visual prompt on a computer while...
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www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/aug/multitas...
www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/aug/multitasking/080601multitasking.html
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Paul Dux and his colleagues designed an experiment to see what parts of the brain were involved in multitasking. Other researchers have theorized that as tasks become familiar, they require less thinking and get shifted to another part of the brain.
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www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/07/27/sleep_an...
www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/07/27/sleep_and_multitasking_studies/
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Multitasking Trends ... Are you a multitasker? Isn’t everyone? Multitasking refers to the ability of an individual, or machine, to perform more than one task, or multiple tasks, at the same time. ... According to a recent article “Surviving in the New World,” in the new world of project teams and multitasking,
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www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/mhelms/citizen/2001_10_14.h...
www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/mhelms/citizen/2001_10_14.html
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"Multitasking is going to slow you down, increasing the chances of mistakes," David E. Meyer, a cognitive scientist ... These sorts of studies are becoming more and more widespread. Last year, Ars reported on research showing that learning abilities are significantly impaired when trying to do more than one task at once.
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arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/03/study-says-leave-th...
arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/03/study-says-leave-the-multitasking-to-your-computer.ars
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Multitasking is a managerial buzz-concept these days, a post-layoff corporate assumption that the few can be made to do the work of many. ... But newly released results of scientific studies in multitasking indicate that carrying on several duties at once may, in fact, reduce productivity, not increase it.
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www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/trends/08/05/multitasking.focus...
www.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/trends/08/05/multitasking.focus/
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Multitasking is Inefficient, Studies Show; Listen to Joanne Silberner's report; Host Renee Montagne tries hard to talk about multitasking; August 6, 2001 -- "To do two things at once," said the Roman sage; ... Meyer has done studies concluding that people can, through training, improve their ability to multitask.
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www.umich.edu/~bcalab/articles/NPRArticle2001.pdf
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Multitasking has gotten bad publicity recently. I personally don’t think I multitask – I task switch. Some people can task switch rapidly. Others prefer to focus on one element at a time. However, this article – why studies about multitasking Are missing the point – takes a different stance.
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www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/15/why-studies-about-m...
www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/09/15/why-studies-about-multitasking-are-missing-the-point/
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