Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the ...

She used data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, a national organ transplant database, to study how task-switching affects outcomes.  Her findings show that when surgeons switch ...

Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the old mode of thinking. Sometimes, even after realizing a strategy no longer ...

Spoiler: Your brain wasn't built for it, and neither was mine.

Scientists discovered a brain circuit that helps the mind switch strategies by reducing neural noise in the prefrontal cortex ...

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

Researchers discover a neural switch in the medial septum that commands the brain to retrieve recent memories, shedding light ...

Modern work culture has increasingly come to glorify multitasking. We make a habit of answering emails during meetings, checking messages while writing reports, and hopping between tabs dozens of ...