by VSPrasad on January 5th, 2008

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Are women better at multi-tasking? (Read my answer first)

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by Dave2222 on March 13th, 2011
Studies have been done people think they are great at multi-tasking, fact is they aren't and in many cases the graveyard is full of people who think they can multi-task while deriving.
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by Z-Weezy on October 22nd, 2009
As mentioned in my comment to Juju's answer, their is no correlation between sex and efficiency at multitasking. Anyway, most studies prove that multitasking is actually less efficient in humans, as it results in context switching (confusion of minor details) and more errors than focusing on a single task.

One of the more recent studies from Stanford University (conducted this year) proves this along with deterring the idea that either of the sexes if more proficient at multitasking. The phrase of human "multitasking" wasn't even coined until computers were invented, which are devices that clearly excel at multitasking.
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by MissNikkie on October 22nd, 2009
My oppinion probably doesn't matter but I really don't think it has anything to do with gender... I think it relies more on the person...

I am completely horrible at multitasking but I have female friends that are always doing it...

I have met guys the same... some are good at it and others aren't...
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by Ron-T on October 22nd, 2009
woman definitely,but then im measuring against myself and my brain is no fine specimen at that.lol.but seriously woman for sure.
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by Sonia is cool on October 22nd, 2009
women, studies show men are not multi taskers at all
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by Juju on October 22nd, 2009
There was a study done a few years ago that shows that women are great multi-taskers. with some exceptions, men don't even have the ability to do it.
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- Actually there hasn't been any conclusive study proving that women are any better than men at multi-tasking. That concept was popular in the media, but the few studies on multi-tasking have had more to do with the human inability to perform at all than either sex being better at it.
  
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by VSPrasad on January 5th, 2008
Multi-tasking: Men just can't do it:

Women get the job done faster, efficiently and without any drama.

Ask a man the same three things and he needs 20 minutes to have a panic attack, followed by an hour telling everyone what he has to do and how little time he has to do it in, and then he fails to get any of it done because the deadline has passed.

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/carmel-harrison/Multitasking-Men-just-can39t-do.3445185.jp

They didn’t know that women had a thicker corpus callosum. In other words, women can engage in limited multi-tasking with fewer of the serious and debilitating side effects that occur in more vulnerable men.

http://www.slowdownnow.org/Main/Women-and-multitasking.html

“I challenge any man to talk on the phone, send a fax, reply to an email, change a diaper, get a toddler a snack, monitor what your school-aged children are watching on TV and add to the grocery list — all at the same time,” says one mother who runs a home-based business.

http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2007/07/24/are-women-better-multi-taskers/

Why women are wired to do everything at once

Why are women better at multitasking than men? If the answer's in our genes, we might be able to treat attention deficit disorders. Scientists have found a gene involved in switching our attention. It seems that some of us – men in particular – probably haven't got an efficient version of this gene, and so languish in indecision and lack of concentration.

http://web.mit.edu/ekmiller/Public/www/ekm/Independent_4-22-02.htm
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- I'm glad to see that you are asking questions now. "Your Comments Please" isn't a question and I wonder that you weren't downrated for all of those. On the otherhand, you show a very high intellect and your statements are interesting, educational, and entertaining. Wishing you the best and hoping you will not take my comment as an insult. It is just an observation, as many times, ABers are reminded Questions are wanted, not statements in the Question box. Still friends????
  
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- If questions are posted like questions all the time, people loose
  interest. Variety is the spice of life for humans. I try to put
  that variety in my questions. I am a retired university professor.
  Thank you for your compliments. I wish you all the best.
  
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- I agree with you; however, "Questions" are the "rules" here, so I've been told. The 'compliments' weren't meant to be just that; I do believe you must be a brillian person. Thank you for responding to my comment, and keep up the good questions, ok? *SMILES*
  
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  by --Irahyn.says.Tks.4.Pts. --- on March 2nd, 2008
- I forgot to add: these comments are my opinion only. It is obvious, since you have been posting statements instead of questions for some time without anyone mentioning it (except me), that it is acceptable by the powers that be, here. You've done a good job "keeping the troups entertained" :) You're very interesting.
  
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  by --Irahyn.says.Tks.4.Pts. --- on March 2nd, 2008
- Thank you.
  
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by woggy on October 30th, 2009
Hmmm...
I guess I'll have to remember that the lady in front of me on the highway...
Yeah, the one weaving over the lines while yacking on her cell phone.
Yup, her...

She's just execising one of her strengths....

Pfff...
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by PenetratingThursday on October 30th, 2009
It is scientifically proven that they are; Psychologists would explain that women have a better "Corpus Collossum"--the part of the brain responsible for helping us multi-task.
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by TallJasperMan on March 13th, 2011
I'll get back to you on that
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