Multi-task - kills neutrons?
Found this interesting post on BusinessPundit discussing a study on the perils of multi-tasking.
What was I saying - - oh yeah - I find this fascinating, especially the part about how humans evolved to handle stress in one way (Use the physical rush of seeing the saber-tooth tiger to make a run for it - - occasionally) and now we face stress from many sources all the time - - and we can't outrun it. No wonder everyone and their brother is on some sort of anti-anxiety/depression medication.
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Dr. John Sladky, a professor of pediatrics and neurology at Emory’s School of Medicine and the chief of neurology at Emory Children's Center, notes that in visual scans of the brain, the amount of activity diminishes when multitasking comes into play. “A summary of more recent research would indicate that the brain doesn’t multitask very well, and unlike a computer that allocates an equal amount of energy for each task, the brain’s energy expenditure capability is limited. Simply put, energy for each task is finite.”
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. . . stress induced by high levels of multitasking, or even other major causes of stress, can “cause a chain reaction in the brain to kill off neurons.” Short-term memory loss is a common result.
What was I saying - - oh yeah - I find this fascinating, especially the part about how humans evolved to handle stress in one way (Use the physical rush of seeing the saber-tooth tiger to make a run for it - - occasionally) and now we face stress from many sources all the time - - and we can't outrun it. No wonder everyone and their brother is on some sort of anti-anxiety/depression medication.
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