From a psychological point of view humans, like computers, parse tasks. The more precise question is, can we give attention to more that one task at any given instant in time? Some people are able to move between tasks (attention) more rapidly than others. Like most human characteristics this ability is subject to a normal distribution. This seems to parallel intelligence and to some extent can be enhanced by training.
This is my current understanding and I could be wrong. Sam "R.Mabry-Hubbard (UMC Student)" <ryh352@mizzou.edu> wrote:
I would like to present a little bit provocative question: does the multitasking really exists...
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