The speaker discusses the challenges of multitasking and how it can lead to mistakes and slower performance. They explore the limitations of the brain's capacity to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and why humans tend to believe they can multitask effectively despite evidence suggesting otherwise.
How many times in a day are you doing just one thing?
Or is it more common that you’re multitasking – maybe texting and walking? Reading while listening to music?
We all multitask to some degree, but do any of us do it well? And is that even possible?
This week on All in the Mind, we look into the science of multitasking – why we struggle to do it, why some of us are better at it than others – and how to do it effectively if you must.
First broadcast 19 December 2021.