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Radio 4,1 min

Series Series 1

Can we really multitask?

The Human Zoo

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Can humans really multitask? Professor Nick Chater takes presenter Michael Blastland through a simple experiment designed to show a rather extraordinary side to a very ordinary task, "when we have do something remotely difficult, we immediately have to stop doing everything else."

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