The Multi-Tasking Myth

Don’t let this one fool you!

Are you well-known for doing several things at once?

Are you the Multi-tasking King or Queen?

I know – it makes you feel on top of things, that you are accomplishing SO much in the minimum amount of time.

BUT. It really is just an illusion. Researchers have blown that myth sky-high!

Although you feel like you’re being productive, in fact, you’re just doing many things poorly. You are really just wasting time by switching from one task to another and back again.

The human brain is not built to process, record, learn or imagine many different things at once. So…when you try to multi-task, you are stopping your brain from giving full attention to the task at hand. Because the brain is still functioning at high intensity, the ILLUSION of efficiency is created.

But the TRUTH is you are not performing the job as well as you think you are. Not only do you perform poorly, multi-tasking uses up valuable memory resources. It robs you of learning and memory formation processes. And we all NEED those to create effective memory traces.

Look after your memory! Control the urge to multi-task.

By Dr Allison Lamont. Read more here.

Dr Allison Lamont is Founder and Clinician at the Auckland Memory Clinic. Dr Allison and her sister, Gillian Eadie, established the Memory Foundation where they author and produce resources, books, online and face-to-face courses on the prevention of memory loss. Visit the website to sign up for our free mini-memory course, Brain Tune or you can have fun with our Online Video Games.