It doesn't quite read your mind, but the experimental Brainput device tracks brain activity to recognize when users are multitasking to offload work. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

Many people believe they are good at multitasking. Modern life often requires people to switch between several activities, ...

I love strange scientific studies. The fascination started with a research paper from the University of Cambridge in which scientists discovered that howler monkeys with smaller testes have larger ...

As I prepare lazily for my gym workout, I can't help but to notice a fair percentage of this cardio killing population that, while tackling their caloric goals, are engrossed in their handheld ...

We’d like to think that we can multitask — respond to emails, text messages, toggle between multiple tabs on a browser, and scroll through social media feeds, whilst working on important tasks — but, ...

Kent State University Professor Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., remembers the incident well. About two years ago on campus, he encountered a student entering data into a spreadsheet using a desktop computer. Next ...

Anytime you’re hunkering down at work to wrap up projects on a tight deadline, chances are you’re in full-on multitasking mode. You may think it transforms you into a to-do-list-tackling machine, but ...

It’s such an invisible problem that you might not even notice it, yet we are all guilty of it, giving in to distractions that disguise themselves as work. Context switching is a big culprit behind one ...

According to a study by Dr. Glenn Wilson, from the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, electronic multitasking (ringing telephones, email dings etc.) lowers IQ by ten points–more than ...

TV consumers that don’t multitask while watching TV are now a tiny minority. More than 90% of U.S. consumers are now multitasking while watching TV, according to a study from Deloitte, the audit, ...

Nearly 90% of modern TV viewing continues to come with multitasking activities -- but not just with use of a mobile phone. A new study from Altice USA’s pay TV provider Optimum says major multitasking ...

Oregon men’s basketball’s (8-9, 1-5 Big Ten) already woeful season just took another turn for the worst on the cusp of a four-game stretch... Playing on the road at Carver-Hawkeye Arena is not an easy ...