Can You Really Multitask?

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You can read a book while watching SciShow on your laptop, so you might think you are multitasking, but can you really multitask?

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Hank: 'or maybe you're watching scishow while you're doing some calculous homework.'
Me: *looks up and stares at screen* 'How does he

K.-gc
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Multitasking with this on in the background... Editing a video, whilst eating a banana whilst listening to this, I wonder if I could sleep too!

CINEMARTYR
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I wish more teachers understood this, because listening to lectures and note taking requires immense patience and concentration. I feel like I'm often falling behind other students I'm certain classes because I "can't multitask", but in reality, everyone's struggling just as much as I am and the teachers just arrogantly declare that we will have it harder in the future so we better get used to it. Taking notes is hard, it requires filtering out the useless details, and once you've finally structured what you need to write down, you've already missed a big part of the lecture and end up having a very unclear idea of what the class was about! Super frustrating. I wonder if it's just easier to sit back and listen to the lecture instead of fussing over notes and rely on my memory instead.

jleviathan
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I can't repeat enough how glad I am that this channel exists. This is everything I could ever need to satisfy the bit of me that's sad because I chose another major instead of psychology.

nadaqueocultar
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As someone who multitasks A LOT (usually 2-5 tasks at a time) this was very interesting to me but I'd also like a lot more information on it. Things such as further research on if multitasking brains are different from single-task brains, if any tasks actually can work together (like listening to music while working) and which ones absolutely don't (like trying to read a book and watch a film at the same time), the effects of multitasking on stress levels both in people who generally prefer to focus on one thing at a time and in people who prefer to multitask as much as possible and maybe also what effects multitasking has on people with anxiety problems such as feeling extreme restlessness when doing 0-1 tasks.

seleuf
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Hank: "IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING!"
me: *tabs back to video* "what's he saying?"

brodman
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I wish that you could have taught me any subject while I was in school. You have taught me more in the past 4 years than I learned throughout all of highschool. You are the best Hank!

Fronk
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Great example of psychological research that is applicable to policy. If we can't multitask, then we definitely can't text and drive safely and why it is not permitted.

pennyballoon
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This is the best science show online. You all are the only ones who include sources for the information that you deliver.

chikaokolo
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Wow! First SciShow Psych vid, and I already learned something practical & beneficial to my life.

When I first started taking Accounting, I decided to listen to music while I read. However, I did not have a playlist set up. I stopped studying every 4 minutes to make a decision on what I'd listen to next. When I finished reading the chapter, I thought, "That was great! I got a lot done and enjoyed music while doing it!" Then I took the exam and learned super quick that Accounting would be much harder than I initially thought.

Since then, I never thought music and work mixed for me. Until now. I could just set up a playlist ahead of time and listen to it while I work. No stopping, no switching between tasks. no decisions to be made. Just enjoying music while reading/working. Thanks! :)

VBrinkV
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I understand this point (and agree with it), but I have a question? What constitutes multitasking (the bad ineffective kind)? Working and watching tv - yes, sure. But that about working while eating? Or listening to background music or walking on a treadmill? Or that fidgeting, particularly for people with ADHD, is said to improve focus in some cases? Is that multitasking?

polinamar
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Well for me multitasking is a great way to stay motivated in my work, I tend to watch a lot of series or youtube video, while I draw or do 3d model. seems to work well for me.

LeieSistal
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Hank: "On top of that, your pre-frontal cortex is easily distracted by new things, like kittens..."
Me: *in utter astonishment I quickly shift attention from my cat playing, back to Hank*

alicenelson
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The use of awareness of research methodology and critical thinking awareness in this video is highly commendable.
Sometimes brevity glosses over crucial epistemological foundations in research.
Production quality 10/10.

Veruvir
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"Go do your project and then come see Scishow"
- currently procrastinating

KyleFarrugiaTPCG
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This is most useful video from SciShow I have ever seen. Thanks for making it.

the_slow_one
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Hah! I'm working on Discrete Math, not Calculus. Got ya there!

Duntorah
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... meanwhile, I'm commenting this w my left hand, doodling w my right hand, listening to him w my ears, chewing w my teeth, reading my science book w my eyes, and bouncing a ball w my feet lmfao.. no, this is not a joke

mochiattoart
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But my brain is a ten-core core i7-6950x

Calvinatorzcraft
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i did this during the video itself, i wonder if the video to longer to watch

moth