Comments on: Multi-tasking http://mindhacks.com/2005/01/06/multi-tasking/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:26:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeff Winkler http://mindhacks.com/2005/01/06/multi-tasking/#comment-8597 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:56:08 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2005/01/06/multi-tasking/#comment-8597 Hi Tom-
Thanks for responding to my email. Couple new thoughts on the game:
- The game audio gives feedback when you’ve hit a target, so that’s actually a valuable feedback channel. Especially as I learn to using peripheral vision, and try to look ahead to plan.
- It’s true that the podcasts are not 100% demanding. It’s slow speech.. with redundancy, and sufficiently uninteresting that I’m
compelled to do other things. The spoken work blocks out the fast-paced techno tunes and
occupies the conscious mind, and may give one less time to feel overwhelmed :)
Jeff Winkler

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Mind Hacks has a new article about performing multiple cognitive activities at once. (Second link to Mind Hacks in as many days. Hm.) It reminds me of this story, told to me (and the rest of the students in

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