Multitasking: Switching costs - 0 views
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takes a toll on productivity
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tries to perform two tasks simultaneously, switch . from one task to another, or perform two or more tasks in rapid succession
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There are different "varieties" of multitasking. I have read elsewhere that you can't actually do two things at once, so when you are multitasking, you are, by definition, switching rapidly between two competing tasks. But the question still remains, is it bad to be consistently switching between two tasks?
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switch cost -- one attributable to the time taken to adjust the mental control settings (which can be done in advance it there is time), and another part due to competition due to carry-over of the control settings from the previous trial (apparently immune to preparation).
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