this explains a LOT
a report published in the psychonomic bulletin & review outlines research from the university of utah that says that a tiny portion of the population (2.5%) actually excel at doing two things at once without degrading the quality of the task. to find this out they looked at people doing tasks performed while driving (solving math problems, memorizing words) and found that these people could do both tasks well and that some actually did the tasks better when multi-tasking.
the study showed that these people called ‘supertaskers‘ “can juggle simultaneous tasks without experiencing a drop in attention or focus…Experts believe that the brain has a fixed budget of resources, with demands on its attention serving as expenses. Given the limited neuronal budget, the brain can devote only so much of its resources to any particular task; if demanding tasks pile up on each other, then each task is allotted a smaller and smaller amount of resources, which translates into a decrease in performance.” the article outlines a number of reasons for the super ability–they speculate that these individuals may have a genetic predisposition and/or more efficient brain function that allows them to multi-task.
i wonder if tested whether tiger, jesse, and the former governor are a members of this elite group, in addition to being in the gentleman’s club.
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i suppose you mean being male and an asshole simultaneously? or is that not considered two separate tasks??
“i suppose you mean being male and an asshole simultaneously? or is that not considered two separate tasks??”
Depends on the guy.
tiger and jesse are super taskers indeed. i always wonder how they find the time to do all that shit–i can’t even get to the post office on a busy day.
I bow in awe to that masterful display of sarcasm.
*worship*