Comments on: Multitasking Has Negative Effects on Learning http://www.businesspundit.com/multitasking-has-negative-effects-on-learning/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mohit -'management by matrices' http://www.businesspundit.com/multitasking-has-negative-effects-on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 mohit -'management by matrices' Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:16:38 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2791#comment-1270 This isn't surprising. Unlike, a parallel processing computer, with multiple processors doing different things, human beings can only focus on ONE thing at a time. Multi-taskers try to reduce the time they spend doing that one thing till it approaches zero, and then ALTERNATE from task 1 to task 2 to task 3... Multi-taskers are thus single-tasking, but only spending smaller time-windows on each one, thereby reducing efficiency. We live in a world that is moving and changing so fast, that some of us helplessly and unconsciously begin to multi-task, as a response. This isn’t surprising. Unlike, a parallel processing computer, with multiple processors doing different things, human beings can only focus on ONE thing at a time. Multi-taskers try to reduce the time they spend doing that one thing till it approaches zero, and then ALTERNATE from task 1 to task 2 to task 3…

Multi-taskers are thus single-tasking, but only spending smaller time-windows on each one, thereby reducing efficiency.

We live in a world that is moving and changing so fast, that some of us helplessly and unconsciously begin to multi-task, as a response.

]]> By: Ann Michael http://www.businesspundit.com/multitasking-has-negative-effects-on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 Ann Michael Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:43:38 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2791#comment-1269 This is a very validating post. I find that when I'm multi-tasking my retention is horrible. I was beginning to believe I was losing my mind until I realized I wasn't actually devoting my mind to the task at hand - that was why I couldn't remember things! This is a very validating post. I find that when I’m multi-tasking my retention is horrible. I was beginning to believe I was losing my mind until I realized I wasn’t actually devoting my mind to the task at hand – that was why I couldn’t remember things!

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