Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory

Re:Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory by 0xFACEFEED on Friday October 26, 2018 @01:02PM (#18311052)

I've been going through exactly the same issue since my kid was born (in my early 30s now). Reading your post was weird.

I wonder if it's worth digging in to our situation more seriously. Is there a specialist we can talk to about this kind of stuff? Are there tests?

The only conclusion I've come to is, putting it simply, we're dealing with: a) more things b) more complicated things. I had less to worry about when I was younger and the problems were comparatively simple. Now I'm getting paid a ton of money to work on very complex systems. This requires juggling more information that's way more complex.

I dunno.

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Re:Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory by vanviegen on Friday October 26, 2018 @06:27PM (#18313150)

Could it be that you're not getting the amount/quality of sleep you got before your kid was born?

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Re:Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory by sundvor on Friday October 26, 2018 @06:47PM (#18313261)

The lack of good sleep is an absolute brain frier. Not to mention the added exhaustion of trying in vain to get her back to sleep at 3am.

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Re:Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory by jv22222 on Friday October 26, 2018 @01:43PM (#18311362)

My wife who is a therapist says this issue relates to the executive function part of our brain.

Also, there seems to be increased cases of ADHD in kids. She has told me that many times ADHD medication can increase executive functioning.

It might be worth investigating in cases like this.

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