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"Less Is More When It Comes to Multitasking"

From the e-newsletter: "With the advent of the Internet, cell phones, wireless email devices and portable music players, many of us wear as a badge of honor our ability to multitask. But not so fast - a recent study by Stanford researchers concludes the opposite of what we might think: those of us who frequently are inundated with multiple sources of electronic information do not pay as close attention, control memory, or move from one task to another as well people who tend to complete one function or task at a time."

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Source: FindLaw's The Practice Paper: For Solo & Small Firm Lawyers . 9 September 2009. Copyright © 2008 FindLaw, a Thomson Business. Subscribe <http://newsletters.findlaw.com/>.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).