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Quick.  How many tabs do you have open right now? "From texting throughout a meeting to scrolling Twitter while on a phone call, the art of multitasking now occupies not just part of our day, but practically every minute," says newswise.com. "And despite our insistence that doing more than one activity at a time is more efficient,  research  reveals that trying to do so much at once costs us, not surprisingly, in accuracy—but also in  time ." In fact, studies show that multitasking in the classroom diminishes academic performance, and in the workplace it results in $450 billion in lost productivity worldwide each year, the web site reports. On the safety front, lawmakers have taken steps: 48 states had  banned  texting while driving by 2019, and 20 states had prohibited drivers from using hand-held cell phones. "Despite these efforts, the art of techno-juggling appears to be here to stay, raising the question: is there a way we can get better at it...

So you thought all you had to do to shine at a meeting was strike a pose ?  Not exactly, according to newswise.com. Striking a power pose before an important meeting or interview is not going to boost your confidence or make you feel more powerful, says an Iowa State University researcher. "The concept of power posing – think of a Wonder Woman stance – gained popularity after a 2010 study reported that people who adopted an expansive physical pose decreased cortisol levels (an indicator of stress ), increased testosterone levels and felt more powerful and willing to take risks. However, Marcus Credé, an associate professor of  psychology  at Iowa State, says there is not a single study to support the claims that power posing works," writes the web site. Researchers were criticized because the results could not be replicated. In 2018, the researchers responded to critics by presenting an updated analysis of their own research and other studies on power posing to ...

Who knew? Stress and anxiety are actually good for us. People generally think of stress and anxiety as negative concepts, but while both stress and anxiety can reach unhealthy levels, psychologists have long known that both are unavoidable -- and that they often play a helpful, not harmful, role in our daily lives, according to a presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, as reported by newswise.com. “Many Americans now feel stressed about being stressed and anxious about being anxious. Unfortunately, by the time someone reaches out to a professional for help, stress and anxiety have already built to unhealthy levels,” says Lisa Damour, PhD, a private-practice psychologist who presented at the meeting at newswise.com. Damour also writes a regular column for  The New York Times  and is author of the book “Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls.” Stress usually occurs when people operate at the edge ...