Households are no longer gathering on the sofa and devoting their full attention to the latest episode of a Saturday night show. Many people are now turning on the television while simultaneously ...

Using multiple forms of media at the same time - such as watching television and playing a computer game, or posting on social media - could be linked to depression and anxiety, researchers in the US ...

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Scientists have linked 'media multitasking' – engaging with several forms of digital media at the same time – with poor memory. In lab experiments, US researchers found people who engaged in heavy ...

The fast-paced lifestyle, demands of work and family, have made many people good at switching between tasks like answering emails, talking on the phone, and even tuning in to a conference in Google ...

Multitasking has become the new normal in today’s world. From handling emails while in meetings, typing messages while cooking dinner, to switching between tabs while writing, it is all considered a ...

Using multiple forms of media at the same time — such as playing a computer game while watching television — is linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression, according to new study. WASHINGTON: Using ...

Our obsession with multiple forms of media is not necessarily all bad news, according to a new study by Kelvin Lui and Alan Wong from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Their work shows that those ...

Teens who divide their attention between watching the TV and texting on the their mobiles score low marks in their exams. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited ...

Watching the television, browsing the internet and sending texts all at the same time may improve people's ability to deal with multuiple tasks, according to researchers. They said studies had shown ...

The people who engage in media "multitasking" are those least able to do so well, according to researchers. A survey defined two groups: those who routinely consumed multiple media such as internet, ...