NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Striatum, Handsfree, Media Multitasking

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1700
• Professor: Vera Pavri

Document Summary

Nats 1700 lecture 7 the myth of multi-tasking. Multi-tasking and task of multi-tasking refers to when we do more than one things at once, 2 or more at the same time. Moving back and forth from one activity to another. Difference between classic multi-tasking and mixed multi-tasking. Engaged in 2 or more activities, switching back and forth. Switching between multiples tasks but completing it; example of classic multi- tasking: texting a friend and listening to lecture. Example of mixed multi-tasking: texting, listening to lecture, and going on. Example: cell phone- text, talk on phone and using internet at the same time. Example of media multi-tasking: on a computer doing work and watching t. v. at the same time. Studies show people switch attention more than 4 times per minute. Human beings as if they are computers. Multi-tasking originally came from how computers work. See it as being efficient and make best of our time.