You’re reheating your coffee for the third time, half-listening to a conference call and taking inventory of your fridge to see what you can throw together for dinner. If this sounds familiar, you’re ...

Give single-tasking a try.

The modern world celebrates the multitasker. We praise those who can answer emails while on conference calls, scroll social media during TV shows, and text while walking. But behind this apparent ...

The effects of multitasking on productivity ...

We live in a world that celebrates being busy. People wear “multitasking” like a badge of honor, studying while texting, ...

Men's brains are compartmentalized and specialized. This limits their ability to multitask, but it also helps them focus on ...

Although "multitasking" is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us just shift back and forth between different tasks, a process ...

The evidence is increasingly clear: gaming has the potential to improve certain aspects of brain function, particularly when ...

Why do we avoid getting our hopes up? I suggest that this is because affect is attached to our meaningful goals, as ...