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Multitasking

THE ECONOMIC TIMES THE ECONOMIC TIMES 16 magazine centrespread centrespread magazine 17 AUGUST 19-25, 2012 AUGUST 19-25, 2012 The Perils of Multitasking People who multitaskfeel like they're accomplishing more, but they'reactually cutting down their own productivity Even When People are Relaxing, the Urge to Multitask Takes over While the average American watches TV: 2% Of people can multitask effectively, show studies 42% Browse the 29 26% Internet 98% Talk on their phones For the remaining: Multitasking can do more harm than good Text or IM Technology is Encouraging More and More Fruitless Multitasking Smartphones Make it Hard Not To Multitask You May Feel Like You are Accomplishing More, But Really... .trying to focUs on more than one thing causes 40% drop in productivity 89% When it comes to Lower IQ checking email or Internet via smartphones: Studies show that while working, being distracted by incoming calls or emails lowers a person's IQ by 10 points 2.1 hours a day Is what an average desk job employee loses to interruptions or distractions Of people with smart- phones Use them at work The equivalent of missing a night of sleep And twice the effect of smoking marijuana 546h Is the annual loss hrs to distractions Even though 45% of US workers already believe they have to work on too many things at once 67% Will do O so on a date If You are Trying to Multitask in the Car If You are Trying to Study Students who do homework while Students Multitask While They Learn On an average, employees who use a computer for work: Are distracted once every IMing or texting are more likely to report academic impairment 62% Of web pages student open on their laptops during class are unrelated to the subject Com 10.5 minutes 45% Will do so 0/ at the movie theatre Using cell phone, hand- held or On an average, they generate hands-free, delays a driver's reactions: 65 As much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08% new screen windows per lecture MAlankar D0000010|1||1|onlinecollege.org will do so 33 in religious places D0000000000 00000000000

Multitasking

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From the depths of despondency (a zero in a term paper) to the ecstatic heights (an extra zero on the pay cheque), the zero plays an important role in our lives. ET Magazine looks at its various avatars

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