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The Science of Memory and Why We Forget with Lisa Genova

Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson

CHAPTER

Multitasking

We tend to brag about our ability to multitask, but we're short changing ourselves in a number of ways. With respect to memory, again, you can only remember what you're paying attention to. If you're trying to do five things at once, you are spreading your attention thinly over each of those things. So it's about being present. It's about paying attention to one thing at a time.

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