How much of your day do you spend trying to multitask? Chances are it's even more time than you think, but most of us are no good at it. In fact, attempting to multitask usually ends in a worse ...

Research shows that even brief mental blocks created by shifting between tasks can cost as much as 40% of someone’s productive time, the equivalent of dropping 10 IQ points from our cognitive ...

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

Ben Slater is Sales & Marketing Director at Seed, a platform that applies marketing automation and data science to hiring. Follow @BenJHSlater. This post first appeared on the Seed Jobs blog. How many ...

Multitasking has gotten a bad rap. Decades of studies have been conducted that point out the many costs of multitasking and the negative outcomes it can have (see Multicosts of Multitasking for a ...

You may have heard that multitasking is bad for you, but new studies show that it kills your performance and may even damage your brain. Every time you multitask you aren’t just harming your ...

Before coming to academe, I worked in a research institute studying information technology. Looking back, the pace seems almost luxurious as I was able to concentrate on a single project at a time.

Attempting to multitask usually ends in a worse outcome and can negatively impact our mental health. Multi-tasking is bad for you. Here's what to do to stop it How much of your day do you spend trying ...