“We found a striking pattern. When a switch occurs on the same day, the mortality rate for those patients rises sharply — from about 4.5 percent to 7.2 percent,” Liu said in the press release. “If you ...

Imagine you're deep into something you love—maybe hyperfocused, maybe just finally in the groove. Suddenly you need to move on to something totally different. Prefer to listen rather than read? Press ...

Switching from one task to another isn't always simple, especially when your brain likes things to stay the same. For many neurodivergent people, moving between jobs, chores, or even ideas can feel ...

The research analyzed over 300,000 transplant surgeries from 2007-19 and provides causal evidence that task switching — ...

We pride ourselves on doing more in less time, juggling emails, decisions, and deadlines as if productivity were a ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We have been told that multitasking is good for work productivity, but we intuitively know constant multitasking makes us stressed out.

Researchers in Japan have found that older participants have longer reaction times, slower decision times, and greater brain activation in the parts of the brain involved with inhibition and switching ...

From Pacific Standard magazine: "We all call it 'multitasking,' but psychologists insist that's a misnomer. Since we can't actually focus on more than one thing at a time, the skill is really 'task ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In the busy world of entrepreneurship, wearing the proverbial “many hats” may make you feel like you’re all over the place. There are ...