Melinda French Gates said she tends to focus on one task at a time to avoid mistakes. She said multitasking is a myth and led to errors in her career. During her career at Microsoft, multitasking was ...

In the information age, multitasking is often worn as a badge of honor. But according to new research led by Xuecong Lu, ...

Have you ever gotten good at the wrong thing? I think it might have happened to me. Yesterday, I read this article about the myth of multitasking -- how what we once thought of as skillful juggling is ...

“Regular, good-quality sleep is what protects brain health,” he added. Sleep, he explained, flushes waste from the brain and solidifies memories. Poor sleep, or untreated issues like sleep apnea, can ...

Discovered: Multitasking isn't a myth, pigeons aren't as dumb as they look and act, anti-depressants and therapy don't really work, the Brits' criminal and pirate ancestors, better treatment for ...

"Multitasking means screwing up several things at once," somebody once said, wrongly. In fact, we don't do many things at once, ever. We do many things in quick succession. And some of us are very ...

As technology advances, we are presented with more opportunities to juggle many things at once. In today’s world, it is possible to check email, update social media status, participate in an online ...

If you’re reading this while eating breakfast, put down your fork for a few minutes. Or if the eggs are really good, maybe finish that up before resuming the story. While doing both at the same time ...

I had the following line in my cover letter for more than a decade: "Multitasking was an everyday task. Despite wearing multiple hats, I never missed a deadline." To be fair to 23-year-old me, my ...

The iPhone isn’t exactly renowned for its long battery life, so many users quit apps with the iPhone’s Multitasking feature, hoping to save battery. Well, according to Apple software senior vice ...

This One Thing Shaved Nearly an Hour Off My Workday—and Now I'm Telling Everyone To Do It originally appeared on Parade. I had the following line in my cover letter for more than a decade: ...