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This index was observed, however, on the first trial after participants had switched tasks, rather than on the second trial, as has been observed previously.
Researchers put 100 students through a series of three tests and found that those who identified themselves as multitaskers were less able to pay attention, had worse memories and switched tasks with more difficulty compared with students who multitasked infrequently.
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So while you may justify multi-tasking, switching tasks (which is what you're actually doing) is making you noticeably less productive.
Managing this constant and mounting demand often involves switching tasks or multi-tasking, and the job never quite feels done.
He points out that successful multitasking requires that you not continuously think about switching tasks.
When your brain is switching tasks, the cost is harder to quantify.
That is, the activation of Area 10 does not require constant, conscious rehearsing of the need to switch tasks.
To know when to switch tasks, you must distinguish between the tasks you must perform and those you can afford to blow off.
To switch tasks successfully, the brain must marshal the resources required to perform the new task while shutting off, or inhibiting, the demands of the previous one.
Visualizing the circumstances in which you need to switch tasks will establish a mental pathway that will be available when you really need it.
When the American astronaut Jerry Linenger was working aboard the space station Mir, he wore three or four watches with alarms set to notify him when to switch tasks.
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