High anxiety can make even simple tasks more difficult, says psychologist Jason Moser at Michigan State University.
But, Weissman said, even simple tasks can overwhelm the brain when we try to do several at once.
It enables disabled people to control lights, make phone calls, operate air conditioners and perform other simple tasks.
Huebler was an artist who set simple tasks and strict parameters for himself.
In the jet lag period immediately following the time difference, they had trouble learning simple tasks that a control group easily mastered.
Busy executives could feasibly produce memos, send e-mails, tweak Excel documents and perform other simple tasks without having to physically touch a computer.
Interest on personal loans and credit cards will likely rise, and banks will charge more for simple tasks such as cashing a check.
In Australia, one in five adults only have the lowest level of numeracy skills, which means they cannot apply them to simple tasks.
Despite hours of training, on more than one occasion, the dealer has been stumped by simple tasks like finding the driving range on a vehicle.
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In a separate development, IBM said it has initiated a long-term multibillion-dollar research effort to create business computers capable of doing simple tasks on their own.
The goal is to create "intelligent" computers that can handle simple tasks, such as correcting system failures and warding off attacks from hackers, without human intervention.
Metta and Haass were both confident that simple, non-humanoid robots would be possible to work alongside humans doing simple tasks, such as holding heavy objects in factories.
As a result, the phones now put less of a load on the network for such simple tasks as finding the closest tower or checking for available text messages.
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It was part of his experimental approach, not without controversy in his profession, to train them for domestic chores and simple tasks that required their interaction with normal people.
It is an unconscionable truth that many cars now require users to dig through several menu layers to tackle these simple tasks, which used to be blind knob or button-based operations.
Standing at a nonthreatening four feet and weighing about 95 pounds, the C-3PO wanna-be can move around the house, flipping light switches, opening doors and doing simple tasks at tables and benches.
Samasource takes work orders from a U.S. tech company, breaks them down into simple tasks and sends the work off to one or more of its 16 partner organizations in, say, Nairobi or Lahore.
" Soft skills include "the ability to work in groups and to make effective oral and written presentations" as well as "the ability to use personal computers to carry out simple tasks like word processing.
Houston sees this new addition to Dropbox as yet another step toward making our digital lives flow more easily between the myriad of hardware and software combinations that make simple tasks, like sharing, a big headache.
Samasource takes work orders from a U.S. tech company, breaks them down into simple tasks it has dubbed microwork, and sends it off to a partner in say, the rural Indian state of Jharkhand, where most of the other jobs are low-paid, backbreaking work in the coal mines.
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Those who heard angry conversations later performed better on simple analytical tasks, according to the research, published last year in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Thanks to its simplicity, gOS Cloud boots in mere seconds, allowing people to check their e-mail and perform other simple web tasks without having to boot a full operating system.
Walking away from a problem to do simple, routine tasks, and letting the mind wander in the process, can spark creative new connections or approaches to solving dilemmas, says a 2012 study in Psychological Science.
The added UX features are anticipated to provide instant and intuitive productivity to complete tasks beyond simple multitasking.
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So far she has found work for 1, 200 people, often women, doing simple computer-based tasks for such companies as LinkedIn, Google and Intuit.
Most of these tasks were simple to do, though there are a lot of menus and choices that can make this easy app complicated.
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This will allow us to transition from simple to more complex tasks that may require accessing a variety of applications and information source in a coordinated workflow.
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During the rest of the day, I can spend time on marketing, which in my case is a simple set of routine tasks around social media, administrative stuff and finances.
Accenture's researchers are also dreaming up ways for the elderly to share digital scrapbooks online with their grandchildren, and smart systems that talk you through simple home-improvement tasks, such as installing a new light fixture.
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