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The Multitasking Myth
May 31, 2012
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
-Mortimer J. Adler
-Mortimer J. Adler
In one study conducted by Stanford University, "researchers compared the attention-switching abilities of people who said they multitask often with those of people who did so rarely. It found that the frequent multitaskers were more easily distracted and performed worse on memory and attention tests than those who preferred to do one thing at a time."
In another Stanford study, researchers "tested preschoolers' self control by asking them to hold off eating one marshmallow for 15 minutes in exchange for two sweets at the end of the wait. Fewer than one-third of the 4-year-olds tested had the self-control to wait, but those who did showed academic and social success in the years that followed."
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