Tyler Cowen on the problem with multitasking experiments:
To sound intentionally petulant, the only multitasking that works for me is mine, mine, mine! Until I see a study showing that self-chosen multi-tasking programs lower performance, I don’t see that the needle has budged.
June 9, 2010 at 10:29 am
I’ve come to believe that most of the defenders of multitasking are being effected by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect
There is a lot of specific evidence showing how specific types of activities degrade when trying to do them at the same time.