Science news articles about 'media multitasking'

... – and the parents of millions of teenagers – have long suspected media multitasking was distracting, Brasel and Gips used advanced ... , the study found. Understanding the physical behavior of multi-media multitaskers raises questions about the level of comprehension ...

People aren't very good at media multitasking - like reading a book while watching TV - but do it anyway because it makes ... suggests. The findings provide clues as to why multitasking is so popular, even though many studies ...

... such as word processing. The results were used to compute an index of media multitasking. They also completed well-established questionnaires ... on the OSPAN was significantly and negatively correlated with actual media multitasking and cell phone use while driving ...