In "How to do one thing at a time", Nancy Jones explains that multi-tasking is bad and is harmful to the brain. Things like talking on the phone while driving, texting while driving or chatting with your friends while sending out an office email. One significant idea in the passage is the experiment done at Stanford Unviersity.
The experiment proved Nancy's point. The poeple that weren't multi-tasking did significantly better than the other group. I agree with her because whenever I'm writing a paper or doing a project, while listening to music and watching a basketball game, I tend to get distracted and can't focus on the things I'm going to write for my essay. According to Clifford Nass, a professor of communication at Stanford Unveristy, "A tremendous amount of evidence shows that the brain does better when its performing tasks in sequence rather than all at once." It seems to me that I'm not alone.
Another reason that the experiment is important is that according to another article published in the science journal, "NeuroImage revealed that when we attempt demanding tasks simultaneously, we end up doing neither as well as we should because our brains have cognitive limits." That explains why it's so hard to focus when your doing multiple things.
In conclusion, we should break our multi-tasking habit and sharpen our fous. Some solutions such as yoga and acupuncture can be helpful according to experts.
Hi Lorick, I am a tutor and I would like to make some suggestions for your essay.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I think your writing looks great! In terms of vocabulary, word choice, and organization. The only thing that I am going to suggest is to add more to your conclusion and to say a little more about your quotes. What else can you say about the quotes you chose?
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