What enables the brain to multi-task?

FRED COLLINS, DERBY

Multi-tasking is a bit of a contradiction in terms, as new research suggests the brain struggles to do more than two things at a time. A study by researchers in the US published last year showed that people who think they can, say, email, listen to music and talk at the same time (such as your average teenager) are fooling themselves: the brain struggles with so many conscious activities.

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