{"id":1000,"date":"2018-02-08T12:10:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T17:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech2.mountdesales.net\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2018-02-08T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T17:11:39","slug":"think-you-can-multitask-think-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Think you can Multitask? Think Again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tech team has noticed students with 2 windows open on their desktops in the labs &#8211; one window with the class info open, the other with a game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I&#8217;M MULTITASKING<\/em>&#8220;, said one student.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;No, you aren&#8217;t. The human brain physiologically cannot multitask&#8221;<\/em>, said the Computer Curmudgeon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom Line:<\/strong> When you THINK you are &#8220;multi-tasking&#8221; you are actually &#8220;serial mono-tasking&#8221; &#8211; i.e. doing one thing, then switching over to do the second, and back and forth. This results in doing NEITHER well &#8211; and when one of those things involves a grade, it&#8217;s not a good idea to risk that.<\/p>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t believe me? Read on:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p id=\"article-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp article-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/can-people-really-multitask-1206398\">Can People Really Multitask?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=95256794\">Think You&#8217;re Multitasking? Think Again<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"fl-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/completehumanperformance.com\/2015\/09\/11\/multitasking-myth-podcast\/\">Why Your Brain Can\u2019t Multitask<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"h1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/37420-multitasking-brain-psychology.html\">Why Humans Are Bad at Multitasking<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BpD3PxrgICU\">Why the Human Brain Can&#8217;t Multitask\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; Nicolas Carr video<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\" \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/humans-cannot-multitask-even-women-1946454.html\">Humans cannot multitask (even women)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Still think you can multitask? 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