Brain Quote by Daniel Levitin

“When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That is what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from…

— Michael Harris

When you multitask, you believe you're being exceptionally productive, but really, you're fooling yourself. Each time you switch tasks, you have to backtrack a…

— Karen Finerman

“Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth. Scientists now know that the brain is incapable of…

— Susan Cain

“Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth. Scientists now know that the brain is incapable of…

— Susan Cain

I do think to some extent multitasking is a way of fooling ourselves that we're being exceptionally efficient.

— James Surowiecki

“Research is showing that so-called multitasking is a myth. The human brain cannot perform two different tasks at the same time.”

— David L. Hough

Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

— Helena Bonham Carter

Your conscious brain cannot multitask. If I'm speaking to you and checking my I-Phone at the same time, I'm doing neither. This is why…

— Deepak Chopra

The brain cannot multitask. Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth. The brain naturally focuses on concepts sequentially, one at a…

— John Medina

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like…

— Joss Whedon

To put it bluntly, research shows that we can’t multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.

— John Medina

Multitasking creates a dopamine-addiction feedback loop, effectively rewarding the brain for losing focus and for constantly searching for external stimulation.

— Daniel Levitin