Mnemonic Plague.(multitasking and human abilities and limitations)
American Prospect, The, August, 2001 by BLUME, HARVEY
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YOU ARE MICROWAVING DINNER, listening to the radio, finishing a crossword; you are Web-surfing and talking on the phone. In short, you are "multitasking," as we so often do these days. It's a way of keeping the mind constantly, if fitfully, employed--and in our society, it is becoming the norm.
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At the same time, many of us are afflicted with worries about memory loss, as if some mnemonic plague, including but not limited to Alzheimer's, were at large. In light of the vast amount of multitasking that we do, it's worth asking if multitasking and memory are inversely ...
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