Highlights – June 2013

Finally, let's take a look at the most important research findings from various fields of study.

The journal Psychological Science recently reported that a team of researchers from the University of Basel found that multi-tasking does not necessarily result in poor judgments. In fact, multi-tasking can actually improve performance — provided that the task at hand can best be resolved by using a simple, less-demanding strategy.

Previous research revealed that multi-tasking impedes performance across a variety of.....