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Multi-tasking good for brain
Saturday April 14, 2012 06:34:10 PM,
IANS
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London: Juggling too
much technology at once - such as texting or browsing online while
watching TV - is said to make you less efficient. But researchers
have found that multi-tasking can be good for the brain, Daily
Mail reported.
Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong asked 63 people
aged between 19 and 28 to find a shape on a computer screen full
of similar targets that were changing colour.
In some tests the researchers also played sounds which made the
target pop out from the cluttered display. The participants who
multi-tasked the most in their everyday lives were more successful
at spotting the target than others when the tone was played.
The researchers said that their ability to routinely take in
information from different sources meant they had no trouble
dealing with the unexpected sound, according to the Mail Friday.
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