Surprise! There’s a Right Way to Multitask - Nir And Far
Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain
Multi-Channel Multi-Tasking
Cross modal attention allows our brains to place certain mental processes on auto pilot while we think about other things. Some types of learning are enhanced when people also engage their auditory, visual and tactile senses at the same time. Your brain may not have processing power to write a report and listen intently to a conference call at the same Time. But you can par one of those complex tasks with a lower level task that uses a different sensory input.
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