BOSTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Teens may argue they can focus on homework with the TV on, but U.S. researchers confirm what parents have long suspected, multitasking is distracting. Professors S. Adam ...

"Multitasking is going to slow you down, increasing the chances of mistakes," David E. Meyer, a cognitive scientist and director of the Brain, Cognition and Action Laboratory at the University of ...

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The amount of time people spend on the computer while watching TV is going up sharply. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that people who multitask this way spent an average of three and a half hours ...

“You may not multitask, but if you are seated around somebody who is multitasking your learning is going to be impaired,” she said. Educators should discuss the impact of computer use with their ...

Multitasking is generally understood as the ability of an operating system to run several applications at once. While the definition is fairly simple, as we've seen with releases of Android OS and ...

The rise of multitasking capabilities in personal computers cannot be separated from other developments, beginning with the introduction of the familiar desktop/window interface that began in the ...

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NEW YORK (AP) - The amount of time people spend on the computer while watching TV is going up sharply. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that people who multitask this way spent an average of three and a ...