Hey, if you can’t beat limited attention spans, then you may as well program around them. Turner’s Cartoon Network has taken the first and second screens and scrunched them together in a novel bit of ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Among educated, modern workers, few habits are as ubiquitous as multitasking, the apparent process of handling more than one task or activity at the same time. I say “apparent,” because there’s ...

While we can try to do more than one thing at a time, the human brain is built for mono- or single-tasking. Studies suggest that it’s good for your health and productivity, with benefits that include ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover emotional intelligence and leadership performance. You've likely heard that multitasking is problematic, but new studies ...

Multitasking with smartphones, laptop computers and other media devices could change the structure of your brain, according to a new study. Researchers found that people who often use several forms of ...

We all know not to text or talk on handheld phones while driving but how often do you find yourself distracted in thinking about work, or searching for loose change to pay a toll, or even eating your ...