When transplant surgeons switched between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, one-year mortality rates in patients increased by 14.8%, according to new Virginia Tech research. The findings ...

Subtle trouble juggling two tasks at once may signal Alzheimer’s disease risk years before the memory problems that doctors typically screen for, according to a body of peer-reviewed research linking ...

When transplant surgeons switched between different organ types in consecutive surgeries, one-year mortality rates in patients increased by 14.8 percent, according to new Virginia Tech research. The ...

Multitasking usually lowers productivity because most people are “task switching,” which creates a mental “switch cost” that slows processing and reduces accuracy. Switching between tasks strains ...

Imagine a mind that can juggle multiple tasks seamlessly, solving complex math problems while translating languages—all at once and without missing a beat. Today, it’s becoming clear that artificial ...

There’s a lot more to task switching and transitions than meets the eye. ADHD-related issues with focus and executive dysfunction complicate the process of moving from one task to the next. Here, take ...

A message appears on the screen; attention is drawn to it without any conscious decision, and the current task is put on hold. Deciding to switch tasks requires little energy, but actually doing so ...