Myth of Multitasking

One of the great contributions of the Working Memory Model is its ability to explain how we can “multitask.” As long as different components of Working Memory are being used, we are able to do more than one task at once – for example, talk to a friend while walking to work. However, the model also explains why multi-tasking may not work when it comes to several of the tasks that we assume we can easily do together...

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