It might feel like you’re getting a lot done, but this sort of chronic multitasking isn’t necessarily working in your favor. ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Does multitasking help us be more productive, or is it just stressing us out? Here's what experts say. (Getty Creative) The allure of multitasking is hard to ignore. Of course it sounds like a great ...

You may think that you get more done by multitasking. However, according to psychologist Gerald Weinberg multitasking actually can kill your productivity by up to 80%. This means that while many ...

The frenzied pursuit of responding to everything leads to multitasking – and the resulting interruptions would have fit neatly into what Ralph Waldo Emerson called “emphatic trifles.” If you’ve heard ...

As a CEO, I know that one of the best things to come out of the past year is the accelerated acceptance of a hybrid work model. Employees have done a remarkable job balancing the typical distractions ...

Can you relate to the following scenario? You are in the kitchen trying to prepare dinner while you are talking on the phon. A notification appears, and you check your texts. Meanwhile, your teenage ...

On the surface, the concept of multitasking sounds dynamic and kind of cool—the word originated in the 1960s computer boom, after all, and retains its connotations of hyper-competency and ...

Multitasking may seem like a good way to get more done — but evidence suggests the opposite. Here’s the truth about multitasking, and what to do instead. Ever feel like there aren’t enough hours in ...