The Problem with Multitasking–and Its Solution by Steve Nadis
I was multitasking last Friday, listening to NPR while trying to write something. Science Friday was on the radio at the time, and the subject was multitasking. The expert was saying that despite the popularity of multitasking we humans actually can’t do that well. In particular, he said if you’re trying to do something like writing, then listening to a radio program that consists of words (rather than just music) will be a real problem. There was a simple solution to that problem, at least in my case: Turn the radio off.