SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Ever find yourself juggling multiple devices at once? You're not alone. Just don't call it multi-tasking. UCSF brain researcher Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D., says what you're really ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Does multitasking help us be more productive, or is it just stressing us out? Here's what experts say. (Getty Creative) (10'000 ...

We are all guilty of thinking about numerous things at the same time. I picture it as multiple bubbles floating in our heads with titles like laundry, clean house, don’t forget doctor’s appointment, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. University Professor writing about how best to lead workplaces We live in a world that glorifies “busyness”. The ability to juggle ...

When your mind is cluttered with competing thoughts, tasks, and worries, you’re not multitasking; you’re fragmenting your attention. The most effective strategy I’ve found to maintain focus isn’t time ...

You may think that you get more done by multitasking. However, according to psychologist Gerald Weinberg multitasking actually can kill your productivity by up to 80%. This means that while many ...

Walk through any modern workplace—physical or virtual—and you’ll see the same pattern everywhere: email open, messaging apps blinking, meetings half-attended while documents are edited in the ...

Like many wired people, you probably take great pride in being a multitasker. You talk on your mobile phone, send e-mail, check the stock market online, and perhaps even read a letter and jot down ...

The allure of multitasking is hard to ignore. Of course it sounds like a great idea to take that meeting from the car, or to have Real Housewives on “in the background” while you work, or to check ...