" the reality is that our children may also be surfing the net, checking their messages and listen to the music all at the same time. ... Real multitasking, or attending to several things at once is sometimes possible, such as cooking and listening to the radio, or eating while reading a newspaper, but these activities need to be either automatic with no focus required, or they should involve different types of brain processing. That is why, for example, classical music doesn't hinder reading comprehension, since these two activities engage different parts of the brain; meanwhile &qu...

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