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Multitasking: Mental Health Hurts If Doing Too Much At Once | Time.com
- April 24, 2017
- Posted by: Cindy
- Category: College Preparation Educational Achievement Personal Growth Technology Test Taking

For nearly all people, in nearly all situations, multitasking is impossible. When we think we’re multitasking, most often we aren’t really doing two things at once – but instead, individual actions in rapid succession.The neuroscience is clear: We are wired to be mono-taskers. One study found that just 2.5% of people are able to multitask effectively. And when the rest of us attempt to do two complex activities simultaneously, it is simply an illusion.We know what you’re thinking: Who cares? Multitasking. Mono-tasking. It’s all just semantics, right?Wrong.Trying more than one thing at a time — especially anything potentially dangerous, like texting while driving — seriously compromises our ability to complete the tasks safely and well. Equally important, repeatedly switching back and forth from project to project, like a hummingbird darting from flower to flower and then back to the original flower, can impair our ability to function at our finest.
Source: Multitasking: Mental Health Hurts If Doing Too Much At Once | Time.com