Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover emotional intelligence and leadership performance. You've likely heard that multitasking is problematic, but new studies ...

The frenzied pursuit of responding to everything leads to multitasking – and the resulting interruptions would have fit neatly into what Ralph Waldo Emerson called “emphatic trifles.” If you’ve heard ...

Say the word “multitasking” in most offices, and you’ll be met with a shrug. Most workers nowadays are expected to be able to keep their eyes on multiple customers and deliver multiple projects ...

Back in 2013, the National Centre for Biotechnology Information in the United Kingdom made a worrying claim. The explosion of social media use across, at that time, predominantly younger generations, ...

Does multitasking help us be more productive, or is it just stressing us out? Here's what experts say. (Getty Creative) The allure of multitasking is hard to ignore. Of course it sounds like a great ...

Prediction 1 is an omnipresent principle of human behavior that can be fostered by predictability in the environment. We regard prediction as the mental representation of future event states or ...

Multitasking nowadays with the daily hustle may seem the best way to stay productive. But is it the only solution? Expert shares how it can be draining as well. With so much happening around us, ...

Background Interruptions and multitasking have been demonstrated in experimental studies to reduce individuals’ task performance. These behaviours are frequently used by clinicians in high-workload, ...