Cause And Effect Of Multitasking

Multitasking: a skill or a myth Multitasking is one of the most valued skills in today 's society. What if I told you multitasking is not only impossible, but attempting to do so is harmful to your brains cognitive function both now and in the future. Before I can explain to you how attempting to multitasking damages your cognitive function I will first need to explain a little about how the brain works. According to Summer Allen whenever someone is faced with a task completing t requires some amount of motivation and focus to do so. The part of the brain responsible for this motivation and focus is called the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex is split into two halves. When you need to complete a task the prefrontal cortex 's left and right hemisphere work together to complete it. When trying to complete more than one task at a time the prefrontal cortex 's left and right hemisphere will each work on one of the tasks separately. Although each half will work on one of the tasks they are not doing so simultaneously. What the …show more content…
There are thought to be to major causes to multitasking. One is that it makes people feel good, because they 're working on more than one thing at a time so they must be getting things done faster. Unfortunately these people couldn 't be more wrong studies show that trying to handle more than one task at a time can decrease productivity by as much as 40%. The second reason one of the more obvious reasons for multitasking is technology. In today 's world technology is everywhere and its fast. Computers and cellphones specifically allow someone to do huge amounts of multitasking at one time by opening multiple web pages at a time, or by keeping up with several different conversations at once. This actually one of the worst ways to ruin your ability to retain and analyze relevant information over irrelevant