Linking Thinking

The Myth of Multitasking

July 1st, 2008

E-mails pouring in, cell phones ringing, televisions blaring, podcasts streaming–the great media din that has become an expected part of our lives is one in which we ration our attention among many competing tasks. Unfortunately, Christine Rosen points to a spate of recent studies indicating that not only is multitasking a poor strategy for learning, the learning you do manage while multitasking is less flexible and more specialized, so you cannot retrieve the information as easily.

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