Does multitasking help us be more productive, or is it just stressing us out? Here's what experts say. (Getty Creative) The allure of multitasking is hard to ignore. Of course it sounds like a great ...

Those who study attention say the push to multitask is badly misguided: The brain isn’t actually doing numerous things at once, it’s just frantically moving between jobs. The practice can leave people ...

You pride yourself on juggling many different tasks at once—answering emails, listening to your favorite podcast, and ...

How many times have you been asked during a job interview, “Are you a good multitasker?” or “How do you juggle multiple tasks at once?” How often has your boss said that you need to multitask better ...

Multitasking, particularly on tasks that require attentiveness, can lead to more errors and mistakes. Additionally, while it seems you’re getting more done while multitasking, you may be taking longer ...

I’m a full-time freelancer, which means I spend my days writing articles from my house. But once upon a time, I commuted to an office every day where I was bombarded with meetings, assignments, Slack ...

Locking myself in a room and annihilating my to-do list sounds like bliss, but as a business owner and human adult, that degree of freedom is unrealistic most days. Twenty thousand productivity ...

Switching between tasks comes naturally to some people, but if you have ADHD, it can feel like your mind is juggling a dozen ...

On the surface, the concept of multitasking sounds dynamic and kind of cool—the word originated in the 1960s computer boom, after all, and retains its connotations of hyper-competency and ...