Only 2.5% of people can genuinely multitask. Here's what the science says about switch costs and how to get your focus back.

We live in an era when endless switching from one type of activity to another has become a necessity of life. Throughout the day, our focus on specific tasks gets disrupted by various emails, texts, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Your ability to mentally disengage from one task before starting another matters more than ...

The line between work and personal life has become increasingly blurred. Many of us check work emails during family dinners, attend virtual meetings from home, and manage personal tasks during work ...

When transplant surgeons switched between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, one-year mortality rates in patients increased by 14.8%, according to new Virginia Tech research. The findings ...

Physicians in the emergency department are most likely to interrupt one task to perform another while ward doctors are most likely to perform two tasks simultaneously, according to a study published ...

In the busy world of entrepreneurship, wearing the proverbial “many hats” may make you feel like you're all over the place. There are many roles we often find ourselves having to fulfill — business ...

When transplant surgeons switched between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, one-year mortality rates in patients increased by 14.8 percent, according to new Virginia Tech research. The ...

Transitions can be tough. For neurodivergent women, they can feel jarring, overwhelming, and almost impossible to do smoothly. Whether it’s moving from one task to another, wrapping up an activity, or ...