Multitasking children

Multitasking children

The trend for children to multitask by juggling all sorts of electronic gadgets at the same time is seriously damaging their levels of concentration, scientists have warned. They found that children 1 _____  homework while sending messages via the Internet

Internet can 2 _____ up spending 50% longer

than if they had done each task 3 _____.

David E Meyer, Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Michigan, said that true multitasking is 4 _____  possible for simple activities such as ironing and listening to the radio.

He ran experiments demonstrating that young adults who had to 5 _____  from one maths problem to another wasted significant amounts of time.  

Meyer said: 'For situations 6 _____  more complex tasks, especially those requiring language,

the total time taken to get all the tasks done will increase 7 _____ .

Over long periods, this kind of multitasking can stress you out and 8 _____  to mental and physical exhaustion.