Yahoo News- People who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once, new research suggests.
The findings, based on performances and self-evaluations by about 275 undergraduate students, suggest many people multitask not out of a desire to boost productivity, but because they are easily distracted and can't focus on one activity. And those people turn out to be the worst at juggling different things, the researchers said.
"From a public safety perspective, it's a little alarming that the people who report using a cellphone while driving the most are the persons who are the worst at multitasking," said study co-author David Sanbonmatsu, a psychologist at the University of Utah.
The findings were published today (Jan. 23) in the journal PLoS One.
This is a huge find for me. I'm so anti-multiask I don't even breath while I walk. Multi tasking is for the birds. I have a hard enough time just tasking as is. You tell me to do two things at once and I practically curl up into a ball. This study actually makes perfect sense. Obviously people doing two things at once are gonna suck at it. This is what happened the last time I tried to multi task...
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