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Kent Alum and M.I.T. Brain Researcher Debunks the Myth of Multi-tasking

A picture of a mother multitasking on a computer with an infant in her arms.
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A photo of Earl K. Miller Ph.D.
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A photo of Earl K. Miller Ph.D.

Dr. Amy Reynolds talks with Earl K. Miller Ph.D., a Kent State University alum and a at the Picower Institute of Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In this episode, Miller takes to task the idea that humans can multi-task, and explains why it's not only not possible, but that attempting it makes for diminished mental performance.