Andy in Sig
Vice President in Exile
It seems to be a truism that the human mind cannot think about two things simultaneously. Has anybody got an academic reference where this is stated? Either a textbook or an article will do.
When my kids were young I had a strange experience a few times, where I was reading a bedtime story from a very familiar book while thinking about something else entirely. It only happened very rarely but it was quite spooky.
yup. Bedtime stories - the perfect example. Read them out loud and read another book at the same time. Of course it worked two ways. The little horrors would insinuate themselves on to my lap, put the book in my hands and I'd start reading the thing without even realising what I was doingWhen my kids were young I had a strange experience a few times, where I was reading a bedtime story from a very familiar book while thinking about something else entirely. It only happened very rarely but it was quite spooky.
When my kids were young I had a strange experience a few times, where I was reading a bedtime story from a very familiar book while thinking about something else entirely. It only happened very rarely but it was quite spooky.
That was covered in the BBC Magazine recently. You're not thinking two things at once, you're thinking about one thing, then the other, then the first again. It's apparently less productive than just doing a job then moving on to the next.