Neural bottleneck found that thwarts multi-tasking
Many people think they can safely drive while talking on their cell phones. Vanderbilt neuroscientists Paul E. Dux and René Marois have found that when it comes to handling two things at once, your brain, while fast, isn't that fast. "Why is it that with our incredibly complex and sophisticated brain, with 100 billion neurons processing information at rates of up to a thousand times a se...Scientists Develop a Harmless Multi-Tasking Reovirus
For the past two years, researchers at Oncolytics Biotech have been developing a harmless virus as a potent cancer killer//, but they have also been accumulating data that suggests in addition to directly killing tumor cells, the reovirus may prime the immune system to mount a separate, powerful and long lasting defence against cancer. Evidence for this theory has been mounting for t...Multi-tasking is Mentally Damaging, Warn Experts
Engaging in multiple taskssuch as emailing on Blackberry and talking on the, while wondering what to cook for dinnermay not hold good for working mothers anymore, as a new study suggests that multi-tasking is mentally damaging. "The bottom line is that you can't simultaneously be thinking about your tax return and reading an essay, just as you can't talk to yourself about two thin...