And if you still aren’t convinced that multitasking is counterproductive to making the most of your time, psychology research indicates that shifting between tasks can cost as much as 40% of someone’s productive time.
Multitasking doesn’t work for most people. One study found that only 2.5% of people are “supertaskers,” or people who can multitask effectively. A study of college students found that students who multitask while doing homework spent more time studying. Additionally, the data revealed that students who multitask in class regularly held lower GPAs than those who didn’t. And if you still aren’t convinced that multitasking is counterproductive to making the most of your time, psychology research indicates that shifting between tasks can cost as much as 40% of someone’s productive time.