Study links multitasking limitations to real-world risks like driving while talking or complex professional duties.

This week’s column is written by Brittany Craft, RDN, LDN, who leads the Eat Fit nonprofit initiative at Ochsner Health. The start of a new year gives us a rare moment to reflect, a natural pause to ...

We live in a world filled with buzzing notifications, tab overload, and constant demands for attention. Multitasking feels like a survival skill-juggling emails during Zoom calls or scrolling through ...

According to Very Well Mind, the significant cognitive costs of multitasking, revealing that our brains are not designed to efficiently handle multiple tasks at once. While many people believe that ...

Multitasking usually lowers productivity because most people are “task switching,” which creates a mental “switch cost” that slows processing and reduces accuracy. Switching between tasks strains ...

This past week, Steve Chawkins of the LA Times wrote an article on the life and death of Dr. Clifford Nass, a Stanford professor who was one of the first educators to warn of "the dangers of chronic ...

iPadOS 26 makes major changes to how multitasking works via a new app windowing system. And Apple’s new system got a lot better for me after I changed one key setting. In iPadOS 26, apps get an ...

A whole new approach to multitasking on its way to Android — and you can start benefitting from its brilliance this minute.

Apple’s iPadOS 26 represents a significant evolution in multitasking, combining the intuitive simplicity of a tablet with the advanced capabilities of a desktop. Whether you’re a casual user or a ...

This article is brought to you by Ochsner Health. This week’s column is written by Brittany Craft, RDN, LDN, who leads the Eat Fit nonprofit initiative at Ochsner Health. The start of a new year gives ...