Matthew Broberg

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It's worth mentioning that the phrase "multitasking" has a specific meaning in common usage, and the article points to that usage quite clearly.

Your point is also well taken: that there is a neurological understanding of brains that debunks the common idea of multiple tasks being completed "at once." We, instead, switch back and forth between single tasks, and at a heavy cost to completion time (which is mentioned above around "the multitasking group performed far less effectively.") The exercise linked here [1] is the one I've used to show how unnatural it is to our minds.

I love this topic. Thank you for exploring it Sarah!

[1]: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creativity-without-borders/2014…

Thanks, Matthew! I've adjusted the typo.