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More Evidence That Multitasking Reduces Productivity
bdking writes "A recent study by a Louisiana State University psychology professor adds more evidence to the argument that the human brain is incapable of performing numerous tasks without memory and productivity loss. 'In four separate experiments, both local second-graders and LSU psychology students were shown words on a computer screen and instructed to remember them in the correct sequence. As the participants read the words, they also sometimes heard unrelated words in the headphones all were wearing. Adults in the LSU study showed a word recall performance drop of 10% on average, while the second-graders’ performance diminished by up to 30% on average.'"
I propose that a new word is added to the English dictionary: distraction.
Tell your mom to stop letting people run through her basement.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Hence the expression "it's not rocket surgery".
Because he/she is a lefty and he/she would like to think they were better at something then the righties. Typical leftist thinking :-D
This thread calls for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I