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Emergency medicine doctors work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment filled with interruptions and competing demands on their attention. Research suggests that despite perceptions, true multitasking is limited in how it can be applied in this setting. The…
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Research reveals that our perception of multitasking is often an illusion – most cognitive tasks cannot actually be done simultaneously. Surprisingly, this illusion of multitasking can improve performance on activities, even when the tasks remain unchanged. Ke…
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Multitasking requires rapidly switching between tasks and goals, taxing networks in our brains that support cognitive control and attention. Research shows multitasking leads to poorer performance, known as switch costs, compared to focusing on one task at a t…
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