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Ugh-- what was that you all wrote? I was smelling the roses and forgot it. mike On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Duvall, Emily <emily@uidaho.edu> wrote: > I am passing along this comment from one of my computational > neuroscience colleagues... makes things a little more interesting to > think about: > > ~em > > > > > Interesting article. My first impression is that simultaneous-tasking > probably > isn't the same as multi-tasking. It isn't to a computer at any rate, > which is where > this terminology comes from. :) I wonder if there's a minimum "time > slice" > per task required in order to be able to efficiently multi-task? I've > known some folks > who were formidable multitaskers and were quite effective at what they > did. But > none of them were simultaneous-taskers. :) > > > At 08:11 AM 8/26/2009, you wrote: > > > > As you head into the school year, this might be an interesting study to > share with students and parents. It is only one study, but quite > interesting. > I guess I'd better turn my t.v., radio, phone, etc off while I type... > ~em > > 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. > > > > > Emily Duvall, PhD > Assistant Professor Curriculum & Instruction > University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene > 1000 W. Hubbard Suite 242 | Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 > T 208 292 2512 | F 208 667 5275 emily@uidaho.edu | www.cda.uidaho.edu > <http://www.cda.uidaho.edu/> > > He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by > storm. > -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe > > Richard B. Wells, Ph.D., P.E. > Professor, > Electrical & Computer Engineering > Neuroscience > Associate Director, MRC Institute > Associate Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering > The University of Idaho > Moscow, ID 83844-1024 > (208) 885-4353 > fax: (208) 885-6840 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > The last frontier of the biological sciences--their ultimate > challenge--is > to understand the biological basis of consciousness and the mental > processes > by which we perceive, act, learn, and remember. > - Eric Kandel, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine > > _______________________________________________ > 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