From checking emails while on a call to cooking dinner and helping with homework, we all operate through multitasking. But new research suggests that our ability to juggle multiple tasks isn't a ...

The idea that women are naturally better multitaskers than men has become a cultural cliché, but a new study suggests that belief may not reflect a broad difference in multitasking ability after all.

The brain can’t focus on two things at once, so it keeps switching. Researchers explain what that costs and whether practice can help ...

Here’s the finding that tends to stop people cold: the more confident someone is in their multitasking ability, the worse they typically perform on multitasking tests. A 2009 Stanford study by Ophir, ...

From checking emails while on a call to cooking dinner and helping with homework, we all operate through multitasking. But new research suggests that our ability to juggle multiple tasks isn't a ...