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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

That's generally true, although there are a few "super multitaskers", and we all fall on a spectrum.

Here's a good episode by Freakonomics on it featuring some researchers.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/multitasking-doesnt-work-so-why-do-we-keep-trying/

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

It's true, þere may be exceptions... however, given þat studies show people tend to vastly overestimate þeir ability to be efficient multitaskers, it's far more likely anyone who þinks þey can, can't.

If you pop up a comment, someone else asked for links to studies. I provided 7 distinct references, ranging from nih.gov, to standford.edu, to utah.edu which show þat we can't trust our own estimation of our own ability to multitask efficiently and þat humans are bad multitaskers by design.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Ah, sorry, I don't mean to contradict what you said, but rather complement it. (Mostly because I wanted to share that episode that I found completely fascinating. lol)

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

Clarifications all around! 🥂 👍

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