If This Is True, My Brain Is Microscopic! – Multitasking may cost the world $450 billion annually

Think that being able to multi-task makes you smart? According to recent studies the opposite is true.

When we try to do too much at once, the grey matter in our brain tends to shrink and our brain actually gets smaller.

If you're using too many different devices at once all you're doing is shrinking a very important part of the brain that helps you remember things and hold your attention span.

This is also the part of our brain that works to process emotions. Either way, that grey matter is something you want to hang on to.

If you want to build up your grey matter, learning is one way to do so.

As well as damaging our brains, research by a business planning group (Realisation) has found that trying to do too many things at once costs the global economy $450 billion annually.