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This is brilliant. Thanks for my biggest laugh of the day. :) Diane Hodges > Oh this study is obviously flawed in some fundamental aspect. I'm very > comfortable with multitasking. I easily follow newsfeeds while working > and only pick up what is really essential. At the same time, I can still > communicate with colleag - oooh shiny! brb > > On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 08:06 -0700, Duvall, Emily wrote: >> On the heels of the Stroop test and issues of attention and cognitive >> control, the following study just came out. >> >> >> Media Multitaskers Pay Mental Price, Study Shows >> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090825113133.htm >> >> Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention, that is): Your brain >> may be in trouble. People who are regularly bombarded with several >> streams of electronic information do not pay attention, control their >> memory or switch from one job to another as well as those who prefer to >> complete one task at a time, researchers have found. >> >> ~em >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > -- > Juha Siltala > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca