Multitasking has gotten a bad rap. Decades of studies have been conducted that point out the many costs of multitasking and the negative outcomes it can have (see Multicosts of Multitasking for a ...

And can anyone really be good at it? Our capacity to juggle several tasks at once is among the most important capabilities of the human cognitive system.

The early enthusiasm for multi-tasking machine tools is finding growing rationale far beyond the obvious attraction of "done on one." That versatility factor will continue to draw -- after all, who ...