Chronic Media Multi-Tasking Makes It Harder to Focus

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While computers are well-equipped to switch rapidly from one task to another, the human brain struggles with such demands. "The human brain is not a hard disc that can switch from one part of the drive to the other," Lucas said. "The average person is going to have difficulty performing two tasks as well as he or she would have performed one task and being focused on it over time."

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The Kaiser Family Foundation has more on youth and media multi-tasking.

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