MULTI TASKING = MORE TIME

1. There is a constant myth that the multitasking is a true virtue. As stated by Dr. Edward Hallowell "mythical activity in which people believe they can perform two or more tasks simultaneoulsy" We are never capable of doing two things at the same time. We are just training our minds to do things quicker. A study in the July 16th issue of neuron states that no one does two thigns at the same time you just juggle two things extremely quickly.

2. Response selection bottleneck

this refers to as when your brain is trying to do many things at once. As the result of this we are proven that by doing more than one thing at time we are not be EFFICENT we are actually SLOWING DOWN.

3. The fact that David Meyer proved that the act of multitasking releases hormones and adrenaline is important due to the fact that these can end up causeing long term health problems.

4. "We have to be aware that there is a cost to the way that our society is changing, that humans are not built to work this way. we're really built to focus"-Poldrack. Poldrack found out that our brain while multitasking looses focus. Because of the way we perceive the information. Poldrack proved this by examining the brain of a person who was focussing and a person who was multitasking. Stating that when we multi-task we use the part of the brain called striatum. Proving that although we perceive the information we are not grasping it as well as we could if we were focused. Overall he states that multi-tasking only makes you take longer in the process of stuff

5. The author concludes that although we create various ways to do a single stimuli we are not gettinng wiser.