I can see why it took two of them to write this piece.
“...But there has been scant research on the quality of work done during these periods of rapid toggling...”
I don’t get much work done when I’m “rapid toggling”, but it feels good for a few minute after.
Consider 3 tasks needing to be done for your 'customers' and each takes say 30 mins total. If they are done in parallel, all 3 are completed after 90 mins, delaying completion for all three 'customers'. If done sequentially, one tasks is completed at the 30 mins point, pleasing that customer, and the second is completed at the 60 mins, somewhat pleasing that one.
And, of course, you do also have the clear-the-brain effect discussed in the article.
Nonsense. It just takes concentration. I can posting to FR the remote banana chips synthetic with no problem at all.
I’m losing my ability to concentrate on much of anything in my office. The phone ringing, the fax machine buzzing, the copier, the computers, the printers, the receptionists giggling, patients asking questions—if I’m trying to work or read, I can’t accomplish anything anymore. These constant interruptions as I try to concentrate are so distracting and exhausting. I’m really getting worried about it.
TV commercials, texts, emails, phone calls, advertisements of all sorts, have all combined to retrain my brain so that I have ADD so bad that I