multitask
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This means resisting the urge to take a phone call on a walk, listen to a podcast in the car or otherwise multitask while doing simple things.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
There are a multitude of cognitive pluses — early research suggests language learning can help us multitask more efficiently and improve attention span and abstract thinking.
From Salon • Feb. 10, 2024
The problem was that Remi struggled to multitask.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024
“While I can multitask in my life and as a PR professional, I cannot multitask creatively,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023
The various techniques let researchers understand which brain regions control what functions, and how tissues and tasks get impacted by different activities, say, when a person tries to multitask.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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