Are you trapped on the technology treadmill?

Welcome to the technology treadmill - the new virtual world where we all work harder but get less done and where our hopes and dreams are dashed on our high-tech keyboards because we don't have time to pursue them.

New research suggests that technological tools are hard on our brains. Our brains get worn out from responding to their incessant demands. Eventually we lose our ability to concentrate on any one task for more than a few minutes which in turn impairs our ability to perform complex tasks and devise creative solutions to problems.

Studies in which people's brains are scanned while multi-tasking clearly show that switching between tasks consumes a large portion of the brain's processing capacity.

Despite the fact that we seem to be working faster when we rapidly switch between tasks, studies find that people produce less. For example, in one study students took 40% longer to solve math problems when they switched back and forth between other tasks.

read entire article by Myra White: Are you trapped on the technology treadmill?