In 2004, Rogers used this observation to test the advantages of brain bias in chicks faced with the challenge of multitasking.
在2004年，Rogers利用这一观察结果，测试了小鸡在面临多重任务挑战时的大脑倾向优势。
A waiter's job, for example, that requires multitasking, teamwork, and decision making could be just as stimulating as any high-level office work.
例如，侍者的工作需要多任务处理、团队合作和决策，这可能和任何高级办公室的工作一样刺激。
Medical professionals have always faced interruptions from cellphones, and multitasking is simply a fact of life for many medical jobs.
医疗专业人士总是面临手机的干扰，多任务处理对许多医疗工作来说就是生活的一部分。
They can attend to several things at once in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essential skill in this era of multitasking.
他们可以在大脑的“工作记忆”区同时处理几件事，这是这个多任务时代的一项基本技能。
What is commonly called multitasking is, in fact, switch-tasking, and its harmful effects on productivity are well documented.
通常所说的多任务处理，实际上是不断切换任务，而它对生产力的消极影响已被充分记载。
Although it hardly seems practical to trick ourselves into eating less, the new findings do highlight the benefits of focusing on our food and avoiding TV and multitasking while eating.
尽管欺骗自己少吃似乎不太现实，但新发现确实强调了在吃饭时专注于食物、避免看电视或干其他事情的好处。
We wondered, "Are bilinguals better at multitasking?"
我们想知道“双语者在同时处理多项任务是不是更胜任？”
It's a multitasking world, and there's no changing it.
这是一个多任务化的世界，这点是不会改变的。
Modern operating systems gave us multitasking capabilities.
现代操作系统向我们提供多任务的功能。
PHP has a complex relationship with multitasking or concurrency.
PHP与多任务或并发的关系十分复杂。
But science suggests that multitasking as we know it is a myth.
但科学显示我们所知的一心多用只是个神话。
The downsides of denying multitasking to all apps are considerable.
多任务处理并非适用于全部应用程序，这带来的不便是相当大的。
In other words, you feel like you're multitasking when you're on the Web.
换句话说，当你上网时，你只是感觉自己在一心多用。
Like most of the 99 days before it, Wednesday was a study in multitasking.
周三也像之前的99天那样忙碌。
For instance, the first iPhones didn't support multitasking for third-party apps.
比如说，第一代iPhone不支持第三方应用的多任务处理。
How much multitasking are we really doing, and how much do we think we're doing?
我们实际上同时在做多少件事？我们认为我们正做了多少？
They are more collaborative than men, says Ms Gersh, and better at multitasking.
Gersh女士表示，女性比男性更容易合作，并且更擅长多任务型工作。
Apparently, successfully multitasking and staying calm help cops make good decisions.
很显然，能同时处理多项任务以及保持镇静可以帮助警察做出好的决策。
More importantly — and this should have been a separate point — there's no multitasking.
更重要的是——这可能可以单独作为一点列出来——iPad不能进行多任务处理。
Attempting to do too many concurrent projects or multitasking is detrimental to progress.
试图同时着手多个并行项目、或是多个任务，都会损害进度。
What about multitasking? Does it take too much of a toll on battery life as Apple claims?
多任务是怎么样的，它会和苹果宣称那样过于耗电吗？
Nearly all the subjects took longer to brake while multitasking and scored lower on the test.
在一心多用的情况下，几乎所有参与者在刹车时的反应时间都延长了，而且在数学测验中的得分也更低。
I’m just fine with “fake” multitasking if it uses fewer resources to accomplish the same thing.
如果手机能够在使用更少的资源却实现相同的目标，我觉得就算是“假”多元任务处理，我也可以接受。
We asked Earl Miller, professor of neuroscience at MIT, and an expert on the subject of multitasking.
我们就这一问题向麻省理工大学神经科学教授、多任务处理专家厄尔·米勒先生求教。
With interrupts enabled, the pre-emptive scheduler periodically takes control to provide multitasking.
通过启用中断，抢占式的调度器就可以周期性地接管控制权，从而提供多任务处理能力。
One thing parents should worry about, Gentile said, is the way electronic devices encourage multitasking.
珍特尔说父母们真正应该担心的是电子设备鼓励的多任务处理的方式。
Are you feeling overwhelmed by too much multitasking, information overload and an overcrowded schedule?
你是否觉得被众多的任务，过量的信息和拥挤的日程所淹没？
The upshot is that it's pointless to say that one type of worker is good at multitasking, and another is bad.
要点是，说某种员工更擅长一心多用，而另外一些员工不擅长一心多用，这根本毫无意义。
JAMES SUROWIECKI: Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more.
答：大多数这方面的文章都认为，同时处理多项任务在总体上使你更加低效，而不是相反。
JAMES SUROWIECKI: Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more.
答：大多数这方面的文章都认为，同时处理多项任务在总体上使你更加低效，而不是相反。
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