It doesn't quite read your mind, but the experimental Brainput device tracks brain activity to recognize when users are multitasking to offload work. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

I wake up each day with manic dread about how I'm going to fill the hours, what I'm going to do that I can label as "productive," some skill I can hone, some task I can accomplish, some small dollar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’re reheating your coffee for the third time, half-listening to a conference call and taking inventory of your fridge to see ...

We’d like to think that we can multitask — respond to emails, text messages, toggle between multiple tabs on a browser, and scroll through social media feeds, whilst working on important tasks — but, ...

The High Costs of Multitasking for You and Your Kids Source: Quasar/Wikimedia Commons Do your kids try to multitask during homework? If so, you all probably suffer the consequences of their inadequate ...

Anytime you’re hunkering down at work to wrap up projects on a tight deadline, chances are you’re in full-on multitasking mode. You may think it transforms you into a to-do-list-tackling machine, but ...

Put another way, you actually want your employees to think they’re multitasking. Here are four ways to promote the perception of multitasking among employees. 1. Clearly distinguish between ...

It’s such an invisible problem that you might not even notice it, yet we are all guilty of it, giving in to distractions that disguise themselves as work. Context switching is a big culprit behind one ...