"Multitasking [is] from the mid-1960s meaning, the concurrent performance of several jobs by a computer," said Sokolowski. "So, the fact is it started with computers and kind of loosened and became ...

Multicore processing is a good thing because it increases your computer's multitasking abilities. The same goes for having another machine. If you are running a task on your primary machine ...

In other words, as Carr observed, we’ll become more like computers ourselves: quick, efficient task executers. In fact, the word multitasking was initially a computer word, not a human word.

Prior surveys have shown 59 percent of Americans say they now use their computer and television at the same time. In addition, youths under 18 report this type of media multitasking is now the ...

For students struggling with multitasking in required online courses, Dr. Karpinski suggested that students try taking the course on a computer in a quiet part of the library where there are ...

This multitasking exercise ... The industry that has grown around selling brain-training computer games has polarized opinion about the effectiveness of brain-training packages, says cognitive ...