Job: Multitasking damages your intelligence - your smartphone is also to blame

For a long time, multitasking was considered the ultimate recipe for success in the job.

But scientists warn: Doing everything at the same time harms your health - and your intelligence.

Talking to the boss on the phone, answering e-mails and checking notifications in Slack, Skype and Co. at the same time:

multitasking

is a constant companion in many jobs.

Especially since Corona banned employees from working from home *.

Many parents also care for their toddlers because daycare centers are closed or have to help out with homeschooling.

Scientists have shown that this is not without consequences for health.

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With this little habit you collect plus points from the boss.

Multitasking is stressful, lowers the IQ and ensures a short attention span

Multitasking stimulates the release of the

stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline

.

In addition, jumping back and forth between tasks can cause the

IQ to drop by up to 10 points at times

, reports Psychology Today.

As a brain scan study shows, when multitasking, new information is not processed in the hippocampus, where it can be stored, but in other parts of the brain.

According to Psychology Today, this permanently damages our thinking ability.

By constantly switching between tasks, we are constantly distracted.

This trains the brain for a

short attention span

and

shrinks working time memory

, reports the specialist magazine.

Not good prerequisites to get started in the job!

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Burnout in the home office: Every fourth person is a burden - five tips on how to escape the spiral of stress.

Uninterrupted working environment is important

So that employees can fully exploit their potential and do not even fall into the multitasking trap, employers should ensure

work processes

and a work environment in which they can

devote themselves

to a task

without interruption

.

Smartphones should also be taboo during working hours, because the constant view of private messages or Instagram & Co. is just as detrimental to attention.

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