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With simple multi-tasking, one or more activities is somewhat automatic or routine
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That activity is then paired with another activity that is automatic, or with an activity that requires cognition
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psychology, Attention: In the case of continuous partial attention, we’re motivated by a desire not to miss anything. We’re engaged in two activities that both demand cognition.
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Researchers say that while we can rapidly shift between activities, our brains process serially. → There is no true complex multi-tasking. We’re prioritising one task over another, sacrificing cognitive power for one of two things.
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anthropology: Continuous partial attention is an always on, anywhere, anytime, any place behavior that creates an artificial sense of crisis. We are always in high alert.