What Happens to Your Brain When You Try to Multitask
The misunderstood science behind task-switching
You might not want to believe this, but remember, science doesn’t lie.
Multitasking doesn’t exist; it’s a misnomer. The perception of productive multitasking is biased and wrong.
Let me explain and demonstrate.
Perception is a funny thing. Here, count the black dots in this image:
The ability to sense, capture, process, and understand information is what cognitive scientists call perception.
Humans can receive information via 5 different senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. Every one of the senses is activated throughout the day. Each one is activated by continuous stimuli.
But we learn only to hear what we need to hear or see what we need to see. This cognitive control is essential for our lives, or else, we would be overloaded with useless information, and we wouldn’t be able to understand our surroundings and what is vital to carry out our daily activities.
