This past week, Steve Chawkins of the LA Times wrote an article on the life and death of Dr. Clifford Nass, a Stanford professor who was one of the first educators to warn of "the dangers of chronic ...

Our capacity to juggle several tasks at once is among the most important capabilities of the human cognitive system. Just consider a typical day in the life of a modern human: you glance at your phone ...

We live in a world filled with buzzing notifications, tab overload, and constant demands for attention. Multitasking feels like a survival skill-juggling emails during Zoom calls or scrolling through ...

This week’s column is written by Brittany Craft, RDN, LDN, who leads the Eat Fit nonprofit initiative at Ochsner Health. The start of a new year gives us a rare moment to reflect, a natural pause to ...

Multitasking usually lowers productivity because most people are “task switching,” which creates a mental “switch cost” that slows processing and reduces accuracy. Switching between tasks strains ...

It was last week, when I almost walked into a bollard, that I decided to stop multitasking. I was pushing the pram while doing an online food shop on my phone, and I narrowly avoided bashing my head ...

In a world that rewards speed, slowing down and focusing on one task at a time may be the real cognitive advantage.

No doubt you've heard the research that "proves" multitasking is counterproductive, but I disagree. There is bad multitasking and there is good multitasking. The trick is to learn how to multitask the ...

Apple’s iPadOS 26 represents a significant evolution in multitasking, combining the intuitive simplicity of a tablet with the advanced capabilities of a desktop. Whether you’re a casual user or a ...