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 ...

Does multitasking help us be more productive, or is it just stressing us out? Here's what experts say. (Getty Creative) The allure of multitasking is hard to ignore. Of course it sounds like a great ...

You’ve probably heard by now that multitasking simply doesn’t work. One study out of University of London showed that multitasking lowers your IQ by around 10 points, while Harvard Medical School ...

Despite it being a common stereotype, women are no better than men at multitasking, a study published Wednesday suggests. The study, published in the journal Plos One, found that while women tended to ...

Craig Speelman has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Many of us believe we can do two things at once. We try it every day even though our limitations are obvious. Yet we persist, ...

In case we needed another reason to close the 15 extra browser tabs we have open, Clifford Nass, a communication professor at Stanford, has provided major motivation for monotasking: according to his ...

How many times have you been asked during a job interview, “Are you a good multitasker?” or “How do you juggle multiple tasks at once?” How often has your boss said that you need to multitask better ...

Many managers—perhaps you—feel really frustrated that their employees may be multitasking during videoconference meetings. In fact, when helping clients figure out their hybrid work policies, many ...

Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University Indianapolis The dangers of texting while driving recently received renewed attention thanks to a public service documentary ...

We all know that multitasking is a bad idea. Sometimes it’s deadly (e.g. texting and driving) but mostly it’s just inefficient. I’ve been trying to write this article while watching a college ...