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 ...

It might feel like you’re getting a lot done, but this sort of chronic multitasking isn’t necessarily working in your favor. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...