Ability Quote by Norman Doidge

In effect, dividing your attention means that neither (or none) of the things you're working on is really getting the full effect of your…

— James Surowiecki

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

— Deepak Chopra

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

— John Medina

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

Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.

— Anonymous

“the more attention-demanding tasks your brain does, the worse it does each one.”

— Christopher Chabris

When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient. We're often doing things that are automatic, that…

— Linda Stone

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

— Marilyn vos Savant

Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work gets done.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“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

“Humans do not have enough mental capacity to do all the things that we think we can do. As attentional load increases, attentional capacity…

— Margaret Heffernan

“when you switch from some Task A to another Task B, your attention doesn’t immediately follow—a residue of your attention remains stuck thinking about…

— Cal Newport