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Research Shows You Can Train Your Brain to Multitask Better

nature.com — Researchers in the United States have pinpointed the region of the brain that limits our ability to carry out more than one task at the same time — and have shown how, with training, the brain gets better at multitasking.

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  • PoliticalMan922, on 07/18/2009, -0/+26Doing anything on the internet requires a strong ability to multitask. How else can I chat with my friends and write amazing political articles? :P
  • bigsped, on 07/18/2009, -0/+20Play drums.
  • flossdaily, on 07/18/2009, -0/+13I'm very busy. Is there any way that I could learn to multitask while simultaneously doing something else?
  • TracerMan, on 07/18/2009, -1/+13Top training exercise: play starcarft.
  • flossdaily, on 07/18/2009, -0/+102007 called, it wanted to know if you'll be home in time for dinner.
  • flutezilla, on 07/18/2009, -1/+10Can I borrow $8 from someone?
  • SpinningHead, on 07/18/2009, -0/+9To be fair, its 2009 and we still cant run Crysis.
  • piieerrrree, on 07/18/2009, -0/+6SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS
  • AndrewDB, on 07/18/2009, -1/+7I can run Crysis just fine on my computer. I don't know what kind of chip you guys are running but I'm assuming it's either a dorito or a frito-lay because your computers have gotta suck.
  • vsujohn2, on 07/18/2009, -1/+6No, but it can blend
  • akchrs, on 07/18/2009, -1/+6But did you notice your amazing political articles keep asking a/s/l?
  • FaithclubDotNet, on 07/18/2009, -1/+6Multitask with Mutilisks.
  • MisterCox, on 07/18/2009, -0/+5fap and click?
  • AndrewDB, on 07/18/2009, -0/+4Just run dual or a tri-monitor setup, after about a week of running said setup, you'll never want to go back to a single monitor ever again.
  • Tweets, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4Having a uterus also helps.
  • maruhana, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Dont dig up paid articles fight back diggers Don't support Murdoch idea of paid news. He did with Fox (where advertisers and cable companies pays them) He wants to do same with internet.FIGHT BACK
  • chooochooo, on 07/18/2009, -0/+3absolutely, I agree with you, just using the internet will make us better multi-taskers.
  • mathleet, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Buried because I have to pay to read this story.
  • bluenile, on 07/18/2009, -4/+7but can it run crysis?
  • Rudegar, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2fab and "like" the photo's your grandma posted from the family reunion on facebook ?
  • vsujohn2, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2All aboard hahaha!
  • chooochooo, on 07/18/2009, -0/+2Great I'm on to training my lazy brain...lol.
  • lordmike, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2Oh, man I need this... My brain is like DOS 2.1 I'm lucky if I can manage to run a couple terminate and stay resident programs at the same time, much offer true preemptive multitasking...
  • NerveBand, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2http://rorr.im
  • inactive, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2There's a time in every boys life when he learns how to use the mouse with his less dominant hand.
  • skinny01, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2I'd say it's pretty obvious to someone who plays musical instruments or dj's, etc..something where you have to use both hands to do different things at once. The key is to get to a point where you don't have to think about the tasks and you can do them automatically. I doubt that you can do it as well with something that requires you to actually focus like texting your friend while trying to solve a trig equation. You have to switch back and forth quickly in that case.
  • AndrewDB, on 07/18/2009, -0/+1Or, play a real RTS, like Supreme Commander that lets you balance two screens of mayhem.

    If Starcraft 2 allows Dual Screen action, then we'll be talking.
  • fandyboy, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1AndrewDB, screenshots or it didn't happen.
  • serracruz, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1multitasking is inevitable, unavoidable, and essential to survival and normal functioning

    I can make short quips about this topic without providing context too
  • fandyboy, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Training a brain to do something better? Who whudda thought?!
  • tgmxd, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Now if only I could train the iPhone...
  • ABEL3616, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1Buried due to the pay-to-view nature of this article/site.
  • SpinningHead, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1You're running it at full settings?
  • adamwho, on 07/19/2009, -0/+1It was shown recently that multitasking is a myth... that you actually just switch between tasks rapidly, doing a ***** job on all of them than if you just focused on one at a time.
  • Mawds, on 07/18/2009, -1/+1With all the gadgets and gizmo's, pc's and internets, if you can't multitask then you really are *****.
  • sentinel106, on 07/18/2009, -2/+2Someone had to research this?
  • lusenok2, on 07/19/2009, -1/+1Multitasking is stupid: unproductive and stressful.
  • explodingzebras, on 07/19/2009, -0/+0sounds similar to a single core PC, it gives the illusion of multi-tasking.
  • teamtom, on 07/19/2009, -1/+0A tool that is supposed to do more than one task does them all poorly.
  • footprints137, on 07/19/2009, -1/+0Someone had to research this, Hell, I've been multi-tasking forever.
  • inactive, on 07/19/2009, -2/+0Big Deal. Reading that article, I was jacking off and laughing at the same time. I don't remember what the article was about, or what was so funny, but damn it felt good. Multitasking rocks.
  • fandyboy, on 07/19/2009, -3/+1I'd rather keep my brain thanks.
  • allenglines878, on 07/18/2009, -4/+1I look at people who can't multitask thinking "They still make you?"

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