The area of the brain that was highly active in the observed multitasking behavior, the frontopolar cortex (which organizes pending goals while the brain completes another task), is "especially well developed" in humans, Koechlin says. It helps organize tasks and the order in which their compone...
Top Multitaskers Help Explain How Brain Juggles ThoughtsDavid L. StrayerJason M. Watson
This is the same area of the brain that lights up when you feel physical pain from a paper cut or drinking coffee that’s too hot. Your brain views the loss of one of your valued possessions as the same as something that causes you physical pain. And the more you’ve commited emotion...
s rhythm of life is so fast that we can barely keep up with our daily obligations and we need a high level of concentration in order to finish them all. We are forced to developmultitasking skillsin order to accomplish everything, which splits our brain. While multitasking can have a ...
Multitasking worsens brain fog, but chunking activities and taking planned breaks increases productivity. Source: Yellow Man Stock/iStock Sometimes, particularly during periods of stress,brain fogcan hit hard. You may space out on a task, forget what you were doing, or struggle to follow a conve...
It takes about eight seconds of intent focus to process a piece of information through your hippocampus and into the appropriate memory center. So, no multitasking when you need to concentrate! If you distract easily, try to receive information in a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted...
In spite of all those challenges, researchers have figured out a few things about how the brain affects intelligence. A 2004 study at the University of California, Irvine found that the volume ofgray matterin parts of the cerebral cortex had a greater impact on intelligence than the brain's ...
题目Nowadays our life is getting more and more demanding.It seems that multitasking can help us get out of the trouble.It was first used to describe computer performance.However,the human brain,is not a computer.And human attention is a very limited resource.Can we actuall...
Whether this stimulus comes from studying Spanish, training in basketball or playing a video game, every single input can affect the structure and functions of the brain if the conditions are right. While some video games enhance multitasking, visual perception and the brain’s ability to process...
2. Avoid multitasking Multitasking is what you might call a "false friend": it makes you feel like you're more productive, but research shows it doesn't help us get more done and can actually negatively impact the quality of our work—and our mental health. All multitasking does is water...