Busy working mom Erika Robinson is all too familiar with the multitasking world we live in. "We have to come home to think about what we gotta do for ourselves and what we gotta do for our children.

Although "multitasking" is a popular buzzword, research shows that only 2% of the population actually multitasks efficiently. Most of us just shift back and forth between different tasks, a process ...

Before coming to academe, I worked in a research institute studying information technology. Looking back, the pace seems almost luxurious as I was able to concentrate on a single project at a time.

Multitasking is not a new phenomenon. Many of us (especially women, apparently) are effortlessly able to complete two or more things at once. Recently however, an unprecedented type of multitasking ...