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singular focus was not merely a practical way to structure one’s time; it was a mark of intelligence

multitasking

parallel processing abilities of computers, multitasking is now shorthand for the human attempt to do simultaneously as many things as possible, as quickly as possible, preferably marshalling the power of as many technologies as possible

Training improves multitasking performance by increasing the speed of information processing in human prefrontal cortex.

task performance deteriorates when we attempt to undertake two or more tasks simultaneously

extensive training can greatly reduce such multitasking costs

If you look at classical psychology textbooks, people cannot multitask - but if you walk around on the street, you see lots of people multitasking

are those people with a dearth of multitasking skills drawn to multitasking lifestyles, or do the lifestyles dull the skills?

potentially suggesting new means of teaching and even reporting news

conductors have to be able to hear a bad note, then identify who did it, perhaps they rewire their brains to combine their visual and auditory senses. A

there’s the possibility that everyone could train themselves to do more than one thing at once

one burglar who could multi-task

The role of attentional networks in voluntary task switching.

Closing the mind's eye: deactivation of visual cortex related to auditory task difficulty.

cross-modal deactivations occur in compensation for task difficulty, perhaps acting as an intrinsic filter for nonrelevant information.