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Study finds people who multitask often bad at it

Study finds people who multitask often bad at it

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention, that is): Your brain may be in trouble.


Training can improve multitasking ability

Training can improve multitasking ability

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research from Vanderbilt University indicates.


Multitasking ability can be improved through training

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research from Vanderbilt University published in the June 15 issue of Neuron indicates.


Neuroscientist scans brain for clues on best time to multitask

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (20) | comments 0

In today's fast-paced world, multitasking has become an increasingly necessary part of our daily routine. Unfortunately, multitasking also is notoriously inefficient. However, a new brain imaging study led by a cognitive ...





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Multitasking may be Achilles heel for hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hepatitis C, a formidable virus that affects 130 million people worldwide, is nursing some pretty impressive bruises. By knocking out sections and subsections of one of its proteins, scientists reveal weak ...


Bosses exaggerate women's family-work conflict

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Decades into the era of two-earner households, the virtues of family-friendly policies are all but universally assumed in the corporate world. But now new research suggests serious potential pitfalls for ...


Stop sign ahead for texting while driving? (AP)

Stop sign ahead for texting while driving?

Technology / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Targeting text messaging behind the wheel, the Obama administration plans to offer recommendations to address the growing traffic safety risk of distracted driving and the use of mobile devices by ...


The New Science of Learning

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to recent studies, young children learn best through social interaction. Andrew Meltzoff and his colleagues at the University of Washington are studying an emerging field called the "Science of ...


Scientist: Public policy should promote family mealtimes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a new report, University of Illinois professor Barbara H. Fiese urges local, state, and federal governments, businesses, and community leaders to promote family mealtimes as a matter of public policy.


Girls game less because they have less free time, study

Girls game less because they have less free time, study

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (18) | comments 23

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan State University study finds that girls spend less time playing digital games than boys because they have less leisure time, a finding that could have long-term implications on ...


A woman dials a cell phone while driving in California in 2003.

US quashed report on dangers of phone use while driving

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

The federal agency tasked with keeping US roadways safe suppressed research seven years ago on the dangers of cellphone use while driving, fearing political fallout from the study, The New York Times reported ...


Teens Fueled by Caffeine Use Too Much Technology and Don’t Get Enough Sleep

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fueled by caffeine teens are up late at night, and they aren’t just focusing on homework. Web surfing, text messaging and gaming are keeping them up for hours into the night, according to a recent study by ...


Peer Behavior, Not Communication Overload, Determines Mobile Device Use in Meetings, Study Shows

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Organizational norms and social cues, not communication overload, are the strongest predictors of whether individuals use their laptops or smart phones to electronically multitask during a meeting, according ...


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Latest upgrades underwhelm, but iPhone still holds lead

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

For a company whose iPhone products have set the agenda for the mobile phone industry for the past two years, Apple's announcements this week at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco were underwhelming.



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