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Thursday February 8th 2007

The Ultimate Workstation 13168

by mimo Thu Feb 8th, 2007 8:50am (from #bor) [score: 363 | approval: 100%]

Special features include an iPod music player and speakers, an Xbox video game console, a refrigerator filled with drinks and snacks and a cycling exercise machine.

computer, multitasking, toilet, workstation

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Monday January 29th 2007

'Bottleneck' slows brain activity 12964

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6309033.stm?lsm

by --B Mon Jan 29th, 2007 12:04pm (from #bor) [score: 331 | approval: 100%]

A "bottleneck" occurs in the brain when people attempt to carry out two simultaneous tasks, the research shows. The study found the brain slows down when attempting a second task less than 300 milliseconds after the first. More →

bottleneck, brain, mobile phones, multitasking, science

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Tuesday August 22nd 2006

Multitasking? Not So Productive... 9698

http://time.blogs.com/daily_rx/2006/07/public_release_.html

by coolguy Mon Aug 21st, 2006 10:55pm (from #bor) [score: 400 | approval: 80%]

Multitasking has fast become not just the occasional result of too much to do in too little time, but the way most of us go about our work every day. While that may help you check more boxes on your to-do list, some researchers are worried that turning the brain's attention to too many jobs at once adversely affects the way all those things get done. Psychologist Russell Poldrack of UCLA may have proven it. More →

Damn you Microsoft!!!

brain, multitasking, pay attention, science

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