Attention! Media multitasking fuels forgetfulness

Our brains do not multitask but only allow us to do one thing at a time

01 November 2020 - 19:47 By claire keeton

Shrinking pupils may signal poor memory performance linked to attention lapses and heavy media multitasking, a major new study by Stanford University shows...

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