Multitasking and the Brain

Gisela Telis shares some new research - Multitasking splits the brain

When the brain tries to do two things at once, it divides and conquers, dedicating one-half of our gray matter to each task, new research shows. But forget about adding another mentally taxing task: The work also reveals that the brain can’t effectively handle more than two complex, related activities at once.

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