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Question

Study shows multitasking is as dangerous as driving drunk.

On the front page of Yahoo!

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/23819/multitasking-will-make-your-brain-explode

I don't see your point Jude. Did you read the article? If so you'd notice it applies to men and women.

Mum3girls: did you EVEN understand what the article was about?

Rio: maybe it is because it was one of the choices to post the question in? Ever thought about that?

''The New York Times reports on a new study that basically says multitasking actually makes you less efficient than if you concentrated on one thing at a time.''

So doing one thing at a time is better.

''The key, says the researcher, is that you lose time and focus when you switch between tasks.''

You're wasting more time than if you were doing one thing at a time.

''The New York Times reports on a new study that basically says multitasking actually makes you less efficient than if you concentrated on one thing at a time.''

So doing one thing at a time is better.

''The key, says the researcher, is that you lose time and focus when you switch between tasks.''

You're wasting more time than if you were doing one thing at a time.

Answer 1

Very interesting article. Not mulitasking would be better and more productive but most people have become addicted to it. Its a hard habit to break out of especially since we live in a society where theres only one speed and if you want to keep up you have to multitask. Multitasking used to be unheard of but then again the world moved a lot slower a than it does now. There used to be time to write all your letters and read a book or a magazine. Not anymore.

Answer 2

As far as this comment goes "Study shows multitasking is as dangerous as driving drunk", I'll have to disagree with it to an extent..
When you are driving drunk, you are putting peoples lives at risk the whole time you are in the vehicle...
Even if you make a mistake at multitasking, "depending on what field it is" there is a chance you can make up the mistake..If you kill someone from drunken driving, there is NO chance to make that up..
Clearly, this opinion wouldn't fly very well say if we were talking about some worker in a "lab" where someones careless mistake caused by multitasking too much mixed up two patients lab samples and the wrong person was diagnosed with the wrong disease, but I think you get my point.. Not all jobs are jobs that are risky..
I do think some corperations put too much pressure on employees when it comes to their jobs, they understaff them, and expect the same productivity out of them. Which in turn causes them to have to multitask..
But, not everyone is bad at multitasking, and most people are careful when it comes to doing so..

Answer 3

I like the article because it supports what I have always known--I cannot multitask, and it's not because I'm inferior or stupid.
The millions of car accidents since the skyrocketing use of cellphones, CD players,eating in the car, smoking, etc, are proof enough to me that I shouldn't be doing those things while driving. I can't say how many times people have laughingly called me a snob because I didn't respond to their honking and waving at me while I was driving! When I do something as important as driving, that's all I do.
For the record, I never have counted myself as one blessed by the "Multitasking Fairy". I don't think it's a question of male or female traits, either. Multitasking is just something some people can and some can NOT do.
Good luck

Answer 4

A number of articles similiar to this one have been circulating in the last few months. Multitasking can be useful if done correctly. In other words, taking care of an email or two during a slow point in a conference call is an efficient use of your time but sending text messages and reading the newspaper while you are driving is probably a bit dangerous.

Answer 5

I would like to see the actual study rather than someone's opinion on it. And yes, "multi-tasking" in the car is dangerous, that's just common sense. However, multi-tasking is a skill that is necessary for many jobs. You can't be a manager, and not have good multi-tasking skills. You are simply not "allowed" to concentrate on one thing at a time. Again, multi-tasking is a skill, and the more you practice, the more efficient you can become.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

We skim the surface when we multitask, for most things that's fine, we don't need every nuance from a report, or word that Katie Couric says, or all the e-mails in your mailbox.
Its already too easy to fall into a trance as you drive, particularly on long stretches of open highway, theres something called "mid-line hypnosis" that happens when you travel at night. You need to pay attention and not wander because even on those most open stretches the opportunity of a surprise can happen and you have to be ready to deal with it, a moving car is not a stationary sofa, Deer jump out, cars appear, kids appear on a bike, suddenly, and you must react, no time to drop the blackberry or ditch the phone.
Its your life, please pay attention.

Answer 8

I read it and it was quite interesting. However I am not sure I totally agree with it. My friends tease me about multitasking all the time especially when I am on the phone and YA at the same time.

Answer 9

well I think the way the article was written multitasking is less productive.....the guy who wrote the article sounds like he is unable to focus on one thing for too long....I was exhausted reading the list of what he does.....his day must be extremely chaotic....but this article was not just aimed at women......it seems to me that your article just proved that some men do not multitask very well at all...

Yes I understood very well thanks....

Answer 10

You sort of took a short cut in your summary, a not very accurate one, but yes, the article (and the study) makes sense.