A professor of developmental psychology explains why our ability to multitask changes as we age. We're all time-poor, so multitasking is seen as a necessity of modern living. We answer work emails ...

We’re all time-poor, so multi-tasking is seen as a necessity of modern living. We answer work emails while watching TV, make shopping lists in meetings and listen to podcasts when doing the dishes. We ...

Apple’s latest iPadOS update is finally catching up to how people actually use tablets, turning the iPad into a far more capable multitasking machine instead of a single‑app slab. With iPadOS 26.2, ...

I remember becoming acutely aware of students’ multi-tasking abilities in 2005. I watched my daughter, who was a senior in high school, do her homework while also enjoying four other inputs—music from ...

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