Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory

Well, this explains a lot. I always thought the internet was making me dumber, but now there may be science to back that hunch up:

In doing that analysis, Wagner noticed a trend emerging in the literature: People who frequently use many types of media at once, or heavy media multitaskers, performed significantly worse on simple memory tasks.

Here’s the story: Heavy multitaskers have reduced memory

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