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Why Your Brain Can't Handle Two Tasks at Once

Your brain doesn't multitask.

Your brain doesn’t multitask. It switches between tasks hundreds of times per second, draining energy from your prefrontal cortex with every flip. Stanford neuroscientists reveal why multitasking makes you feel exhausted by 2 PM and what your brain was actually designed to do.

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