A professor of developmental psychology explains why our ability to multitask changes as we age. We're all time-poor, so multitasking is seen as a necessity of modern living. We answer work emails ...

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

We’re all time-poor, so multi-tasking is seen as a necessity of modern living. We answer work emails while watching TV, make shopping lists in meetings and listen to podcasts when doing the dishes. We ...

I remember becoming acutely aware of students’ multi-tasking abilities in 2005. I watched my daughter, who was a senior in high school, do her homework while also enjoying four other inputs—music from ...

I often wish that I could live in what I like to call "Wardrobe Time." In C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," four schoolchildren disappear through a wardrobe into the magical land of ...

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