Why Do People Multitask?
Explosion of technologies nowadays opens the route for people multitask more often, thus has them to do more than one activity on a daily basis. For instance, some people will use their mental task combined with their social task, texting their friends while studying at home, which lead to trouble concentration and performance loss. However, some people are trained to multitask by listening to music with their iPhone while doing homework. According to the author Naomi Baron from the book Always on: language in an online and mobile world, students who study with music backround is more successful at learning materials than being in a quiet atmosphere (38). By being able to multitask, people tend to think they are able to complete their daily tasks faster, and to think they are being more productive by accomplishing more than one task at the time. Well, this false interpretation is based on how humans are prone to making errors when they presume to be rational and cleared thinkers.
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Instead, it is harming them more than helping them out. When multitasking, the brain focuses only on one main task at a time. Researchers have discovered that a person cannot have their awareness at full when doing more than one task at a time. In fact, according to the neuroscientist Earl Miller, he claims that “People can't multitask very well, and when people say they can, they're deluding themselves (…) The brain is very good at deluding itself” (Hamilton, 2008). This is one of some weaknesses found in humans thinking, which will lead to consequences in the long-term. Multitasking conflicts also with students to study effectively and succeed in
Instead, it is harming them more than helping them out. When multitasking, the brain focuses only on one main task at a time. Researchers have discovered that a person cannot have their awareness at full when doing more than one task at a time. In fact, according to the neuroscientist Earl Miller, he claims that “People can't multitask very well, and when people say they can, they're deluding themselves (…) The brain is very good at deluding itself” (Hamilton, 2008). This is one of some weaknesses found in humans thinking, which will lead to consequences in the long-term. Multitasking conflicts also with students to study effectively and succeed in