Daily routines change, and many older adults find that learning new processes becomes more difficult over time. Slower ...

Switching between tasks comes naturally to some people, but if you have ADHD, it can feel like your mind is juggling a dozen things at once—whether you want it to or not. There’s a real difference ...

The hypothalamus is a small region of the human brain typically associated with regulating body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and sleep. But it also has another important role: helping the ...

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

Cognitive scientists explain what’s driving the precipitous decline in our ability to focus—and offer evidence-based ...

Have you ever felt like your mind is spinning as you bounce between tasks, never fully landing on any one thing? Task switching can feel overwhelming, especially when it seems like there’s an endless ...

Does this describe you? While you are on a teleconference call you are writing up your quarterly report, checking your email, and texting your friend about where you are meeting for lunch. You would ...

The left figure illustrates the hypothalamus, a region responsible for encoding the switch between survival-related behaviors, along with its connected regions during the switching process. The right ...