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Re: [xmca] FW: ScienceDaily: Media Multitaskers Pay Mental Price, Study Shows

Oh this study is obviously flawed in some fundamental aspect. I'm very
comfortable with multitasking. I easily follow newsfeeds while working
and only pick up what is really essential. At the same time, I can still
communicate with colleag - oooh shiny! brb

On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 08:06 -0700, Duvall, Emily wrote:
> On the heels of the Stroop test and issues of attention and cognitive
> control, the following study just came out.
> 
> 
> Media Multitaskers Pay Mental Price, Study Shows
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090825113133.htm 
> 
> Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention, that is): Your brain
> may be in trouble. People who are regularly bombarded with several
> streams of electronic information do not pay attention, control their
> memory or switch from one job to another as well as those who prefer to
> complete one task at a time, researchers have found.
> 
> ~em
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