Sometimes my head hurts. Usually it's precipitated by a period of time when I'm in a state of multi-tasking chaos. I come to that state quite naturally. Those of you who know me know that I'm the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Task switching may be cutting your productivity by 40%. Here’s what the multitasking research says and the fix that actually works ...

When you think you’re multitasking—responding to emails while listening to a conference call while monitoring chat messages—your brain is actually rapidly switching between tasks rather than ...

Have you ever gotten good at the wrong thing? I think it might have happened to me. Yesterday, I read this article about the myth of multitasking -- how what we once thought of as skillful juggling is ...

In today's fast-paced digital world, multi-tasking is often seen as a skill that boosts efficiency. However, research suggests that juggling multiple tasks simultaneously may be wrecking focus, ...

The article argues that "multitasking" in complex environments like an airplane cockpit is a myth; pilots actually "serial-task," rapidly switching focus between individual tasks. Attempting to cram ...