Multitasking Takes Toll On Memory

First Posted: 04/11/11 12:26 PM ET Updated: 06/11/11 06:12 AM ET

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By Matt Richtel

A growing body of research shows that juggling many tasks, as so many people do in this technological era, can divide attention and hurt learning and performance. Does it also hinder short-term memory?

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By Matt Richtel A growing body of research shows that juggling many tasks, as so many people do in this technological era, can divide attention and hurt learning and performance. Does it also hinde...
By Matt Richtel A growing body of research shows that juggling many tasks, as so many people do in this technological era, can divide attention and hurt learning and performance. Does it also hinde...
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02:40 PM on 04/12/2011
Multi-tasking is greatly over-rated. To me it means "jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none." Something important is bound to fall through the crack. I am recalling the deaths of two infants via suffocation in a closed vehicle on a very hot day. They were each left in the car because their multi-tasking mothers forget they were there.
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05:56 PM on 04/11/2011
Guess it shouldn't be so surprising that, fragmenting one's attention would have an effect on one's cognitive functions. It seems perfectly logical to me.
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04:13 PM on 04/11/2011
What was this story about? I was too busy texting my friends, making scrambled eggs and watching television.
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