Modern life may demand it and job descriptions often list it as a requirement, but multitasking is way beyond the capacity of the human brain, and even too much for the next best laptop computer. They just do so many restricted things so fast, they seem to be doing several things simultaneously.

In the human computer, multitasking — thinking about or doing two or more things at the same day — is more your ego talking than your

brain working, even when bunching up routine activities, according to a slew of new research on human cognition.

Take talking on a cell phone while driving, for example. Three University of Utah psychologists did, and have found that passengers in a car being driven by someone talking on a cell phone are not only less distracting to good driving, they are more aware of traffic hazards ahead than the guy holding the […]

Orginal post by dhiram