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The era of tokenmaxxing is over. After the AI industry encouraged companies to max out their AI budgets earlier this year, and some companies even built employee leaderboards to encourage internal AI ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Multitasking is challenging because the brain must ...

We’ve all been there: listening to a Zoom meeting while responding to a co-worker’s urgent email. And maybe trying to arrange the kids’ after-school schedule at the same time. Multitasking is a ...

A new study from Georgetown University just revealed that your brain is capable of multitasking. It simply needs to be trained to do so. For years, we’ve been told that focusing on two things at once ...

Researchers have long said that the human brain is not set up to multitask — but new research is challenging that understanding. Experts previously explained that when we believe we're multitasking, ...

Your brain is capable of learning to multitask without your realizing it, according to a new study. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

New research by Georgetown scientists shows how the brain rewires itself to automate learned tasks. The findings challenge a long-held understanding of how humans master complex skills, suggesting ...

If you think you’re good at multitasking, the research has some uncomfortable news. Only about 2.5% of people can genuinely handle two cognitively demanding tasks at once without their performance ...

Task switching may be cutting your productivity by 40%. Here’s what the multitasking research says and the fix that actually works. AFP via Getty Images Only 2.5% of people can genuinely handle two ...

Only 2.5% of people can genuinely handle two cognitively demanding tasks at once without measurable performance loss, according to research from the University of Utah. For everyone else, what feels ...

Sat, May 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC If there’s one thing I’ve mastered from living in New York City, it’s how to do multiple things at once. Answering emails while walking to the subway? Easy. Watching ...