I heard this story on NPR this morning as I drove to work and thought it was pretty cool. The gist is that while we collectively think we're great at multi-tasking and treat it as an inevitable part of modern (post-modern?) life, our brain synapses say otherwise. We aren't actually focusing on many things at once but rather switching from task to task to task in a rapid manner. The lab experiments described demonstrate that the brain effectively goes on pause before a shift from task to task.
This is why I refuse to buy a Crackberry, iPhone, or any device that promises to streamline my life but actually complicates it by rendering me unable to focus on any one task for more than a few seconds!
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