New research reveals a mental workaround that is activated through repetition and experience.

For years, brain-training programs have advertised themselves as tools for improving memory, concentration, and overall brain ...

Twenty thousand productivity articles under the sea all offer the same advice: Don’t multitask. It’s ineffective, it wastes time, it puts bags under your eyes, it burns you out, and only a ...

Only 2.5% of people can genuinely multitask. Here's what the science says about switch costs and how to get your focus back.

Multitasking performance stems from the speed of information exchange between inner and outer regions of the brain, according to new research in eNeuro. Doing two things at once courts disaster, as ...

Many studies have shed light on the downside of multitasking–trying to juggle multiple tasks at one time. One often cited study from Stanford University found that people who multitask are more easily ...

If, like many business owners, you keep your two eyes, two ears and two hands in perpetual motion – and expect your staff to function this way, too – it may be time to take stock of your history of ...

It’s an all-too-familiar scene in my house: I’m standing at the stove, stirring the mac and cheese while occasionally checking email or text messages on my phone. Meanwhile, my older daughter is at ...