Are you a super tasker? Great post by Basex on Multitasking…
This post was written by Marsha Egan on April 9, 2010
Posted Under: Basex,Driving while Texting,Information Overload,Productivity
Posted Under: Basex,Driving while Texting,Information Overload,Productivity
Check out this post… http://www.basexblog.com/2010/04/08/am-i-a-supertasker/
Here’s an excerpt from our friends at Basex, the research firm:
…A recent study conducted by psychologists at the University of Utah was designed to examine the extent to which subjects could talk on a mobile phone and drive at the same time.
The study found that 97.5% of the subjects’ driving was significantly impaired while on the phone, meaning they took an average of 20% longer to hit the brakes when necessary. Word recall dropped 11% and math accuracy dropped 3%. Read more…
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