When you’re trying to do multiple tasks at once, it can feel like you are being productive. But flitting between tasks is a recipe for disaster. Successfully completing a task often comes when taking ...

Multitasking is generally seen as a stressor that reduces performance. But busy periods of juggling tasks can actually fuel our creativity. Whenever I sit down to write, I like to clear long periods ...

Multitasking is a common practice among secondary school students today. Many try to complete assignments while listening to music, revise their lessons while chatting online, or switch constantly ...

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 ...

Students are often told that studying longer and harder will guarantee success but research shows that not all study habits are created equal. In fact, one seemingly harmless practice of multitasking ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A reader once wrote to me asking for advice about multitasking. I replied, truthfully if a trifle pompously, ...