The science of multitasking, and why you should doodle in class
For example, when you answer texts while watching a movie, your attention flips from the movie to the text. You aren’t really paying any attention both at the same time. When you read a text, you miss part of the movie.
This is what psychologists mean when they say multitasking is impossible. Your attention and consciousness only can focus on a little bit at a time, so it’s one task or the other.
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Agree with this—sometimes I feel like I’m more distracted when doing multiple tasks at once. Example when me and my family watching a movie, and then my phone rang ,and it’s my boss texting me about the the papers that he ask me ,we talked about a couple minutes and then get back to watch ,I missed some of the scene ,so a word of advice don’t bring your phone while watching with your family it’s a distraction. So multi-tasking is impossible. The article suggests that the brain can’t focus on multiple things at once.