QuickTip: How Media Multitasking Can Affect Your Attention Span

March 27
3 mins

Episode Description

Here's a quick, three-minute tip where we break down a mental health or personal development topic in 180 seconds to help you shift or reframe your perspective.

Today's topic is a further exploration of multitasking but this time specifically looking at media multitasking and some of its effects on brain and mental health. 

You can check out more on the truth behind multitasking and why it doesn't always reap the rewards we think it does in the episode right before this one. 

Research cited: "Cognitive control in media multitaskers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

"Media multitasking, depression, and anxiety of college students: Serial mediating effects of attention control and negative information attentional bias." Front. Psychiatry

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*Disclaimer: The information contained in this episode is for the sole purpose of being informative and is not considered complete. It should not replace consultation with a qualified professional.

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