Multitasking and Its Effects on Human Focus

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Running Head: MULTITASKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN FOCUS1 Multitasking and its Effects on Human Focus Damon Kindell Central Carolina Technical College MULTITASKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN FOCUS2 Abstract Can doing too many things at once be productive or hazardous? Our world today is so occupied with people and business that handling multiple tasks at one time has become as normal as combing your hair. In recent years statistics and studies have shown that multitasking may seem to appear harmless but in fact decreases our productivity in accomplishing short goals. Whether by media or personal interruptions, a drop in full concentration has been significant where multi media exposure is rampant amongst busy industrialized environments (Yeung, N & Monsell, 2003). MULTITASKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN FOCUS3 As we look at how media is rapidly changing our world it also increases the numerous things that we can achieve. At least that is what it seems. The advancements in technology in today's world are to make life smooth and less complicated, but at the same time very distracting. Think about the many times you may have had to meet a deadline and near the end of reaching this goal you were side tracked by tid bits of personal business that eventually took up more time than you expected. Were they actually that important than meeting the deadline? Maybe we could have waited? Reaching goals in our lifetime are very important. As big as they come or as small as they leave concentrating on attaining the goal is supreme. It can spell the difference between intellectual fulfillment or catastrophe. Studies done in Canada show that distracted driving has surpassed drunk driving as a leading cause of accidents.(Barker,2014). Distraction or what some researchers will call “Divided Attention” is becoming alarmingly harmful around the world. In a 2012 article a

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