Multi-tasking is Good

India Today,April 16, 2012
My teachers used to say that being multi-tasking causes imperfect job completion.However, i cannot stop being multi-tasking. I can listen to loud musics while reading books. I also can listen to conversions while reading the signboards along the road. I used to feel that this habits of mine makes me imperfect or in another word, less concentrated.Then, i saw this article about multi-tasking from India Today which was published on April 16, 2012. Scientist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has found that multi-tasking can be good for the brain.Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong asked 63 people aged between 19 and 28 to find a shape on a computer screen full of similar targets that were changing colour. In some tests the researchers also played sounds which made the target pop out from the cluttered display. The participants who multi-tasked the most in their everyday lives were more successful at spotting the target than others when the tone was played.According to the findings, their ability to routinely take in information from different sources meant they had no trouble dealing with the unexpected sound.