Multitasking: A Word That Describes Us Teens Perfectly “For tasks that are at all complicated, no matter how good you have become at multitasking, you’re still going hits against your performance.”(Hamilton1) Everyday, throughout the world, us teens are finding ourselves under the constant struggle of stress and/or distraction. For teens like me, a huge distraction interferes with my education/learning; multitasking. I’m almost certain you have realized that after reaching the end of a selection you just finished, you find yourself forgetting what you read. Or maybe while doing your homework, you get an email from your teacher that says, “Just to clarify, you may use the headphones with the computer. You MAY NOT use the headphones with a phone.” …show more content…
Our brain doesn’t even become fully developed until age 25! Multitasking causes a kind of brownout in our brains. Basically, this means when we multitask, our brain literally starts shutting down neural connections to important information. For example, when I click on a Facebook notification, my brain starts losing the connections it was using for my Spanish assignment leading my brain to inefficiency. Also, students who get stressed from multitasking do poorly in school generates them into dropping out. Would you want this to be you? Lastly, it appears that multitasking can be detrimental to our health. Multitasking can cause an increase in heart rate and blood pressure as a result of your emotions getting triggered. Short term memory loss could also be a huge factor of multitasking. While multitasking, you would exhibit a huge weakness in long term memory. This would allow you to suffer by forgetting what you just read, saw, etc. On the other hand, some people believe that multitasking doesn’t even exist. They believe this because apparently it is impossible to literally do two things at one time. It’s simply just your brain going back and forth between two different tasks. This is counterargument wrong because at times we blink and breathe at the exact same
With an abundant amount of internet usage, studies show the development of implications in our brain such as short-term attention spans and scattered thinking. When we work online, our brains are constantly pressured to take in vast amounts of information. Think about when you are reading an article on the internet and then all of the sudden that really interesting ad pops up, you just totally forgot about what you're reading. “We are becoming mere signal-processing units, quickly shepherding disjointed bits of information into and then out of short-term memory” Carr explains that the internet is considerably reducing our ability to concentrate which is developing scattered thinking. Continually being exposed to these things are negatively affecting the way we process and interpret the information we are obtaining through the
According to the prominent pathologist Bruce Friedman, admitted, “I’ve lost the ability to do that. Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it.” Carr cites a few studies of internet behavior that is influencing our brain to lack concentration. He proves
An example is being on the phone with someone and trying to email at the same time. He say that you lose concentration and the person on the other end of the phone with be able to tell. Hallowell quotes, “You cannot divide your attention like that. It’s a big illusion. You can shift back forth” (Tugend 715).
However, I do agree the average attention span of humans has decreased since the internet’s invention. Carr (2008) narrates; “Over the past few years, I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry, reprogramming the memory. My mind isn’t going-so far as I can tell-but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it strongly when I’m reading” (p. 609).
“When we use our computers and our cellphones all the time, we are always distracted. (Source # 2- Is Google Making Us Stupid? By Nicholas Carr.) Becoming distracted with technology can also have dangerous risks.
People will have them blasting and not listen to anything around them. Limiting technology time would increase the amount of people paying attention, especially in a classroom
These feelings of missing out can lead to one being distracted from their priorities and becoming consumed by constantly checking social media. Christine M. Stabler says, “However, constant checking and scrolling can have a detrimental effect on schoolwork and studying. The distraction can lead to procrastination, less retention of information, and higher levels of stress. You may also experience feelings of exclusion, loneliness, or anxiety when you see posts or others enjoying a good time” (paragraph 10, lines
In my references I stumble upon various results of experiments that authors mention in their work and those results stated some of the consequences the brain faces after multitasking. Eric Jaffe (2012) shows how our brains are being rewired when we multitask with technology and how it’s nowadays harder for us to finish one single task in a reasonable time. Another results from the investigations is that very time the brain is forced to multitask it uses a vast amount of his nutrients leaving the person exhausted and with no energy only after a short period of time. My sources reveal that multitasking in general is bad, but when combined with technology it becomes dangerous. It has been scientifically proven that multitasking leaves us stressed,
Firth, initially, begins by giving a broad overview of areas of the brain that multitasking can affect which includes attention, memory, knowledge, and lastly social cognition (Firth). This compares closely to Hoven’s as she writes that multitasking can “reduce your brain’s capacity to store information, disrupt your thought process, and possibly even lower your IQ” (Hovhan). I personally have first handedly experienced the effects of internet multitasking. Previously, I have forgotten to do chores assigned by my parents as I was distracted by my phone when they were telling me. My brain was not able to successfully store the info, and my thought process was constantly being distracted by my phone.
Also if all the browsing that is done can make individuals feel less focused. Causing their eyes to hurt
I have discovered that I am most distracted when there are multiple tabs irrelevant to my work open on my computer. Normally this occurs when I have shopping and social media windows open, which is a big red flag for me when I am trying to do work. What happens is I get the urge to check in on everyone’s lives on Facebook
With the internet access reaching farther into our lives from smart watches to televising pumps at gas stations, distractions are everywhere and increasingly difficult to ignore.
As I was sitting in a chair, I observed many people doing homework, drinking Starbucks, and playing games such as chess, or games on their phones. Many of these people were students, who had homework either on their laptops or their book and notebooks out taking notes. These students were in groups or alone but mostly in
I read multitasking can cause the heart to beat extremely fast and that cause a steady flow of stress hormones. Which can cause headaches, stomach trouble, and sleep problems. With the heart beating extremely fast, that can cause problems including back pain, heart disease, and depression. Multitasking should only be used on short term goals and activities; listening to music and running, because those thing goes together.
Kennedy Hamlin Mrs. Gallos English 3 Honors 29 March 2018 A Twenty-First Century Problem: Cell Phone Usage in the Classroom Even though banning cell phones reduce distractions in the classroom, phones should be allowed in the classroom, but restricted to school work because it offers more learning opportunities and gets kids excited about learning. There are numerous benefits and downsides to allowing technology in the classroom. Having cell phones and other electronic devices in the classroom can be integrated into the curriculum. However, these resources might also be harming the children who use them repeatedly over time.