Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

Of course, there was struggle and people were struggling then too.

But the reason is because a lot of those pent up emotions are coming up to the surface now, coupled with all of the...

things that are happening in the world.

So if you are feeling a sense of stress and burnout, I mean, it's a very human reaction to what's happening first biologically with the dam breaking and also what's happening all around us.

Multitasking is a myth.

It's a scientific misnomer.

There's actually no such thing.

When you multitask, you are doing two things at once.

It's called task switching.

You're not in fact doing two things at once.

You're doing one thing and then the other thing in rapid succession back to back.

And your brain is really wired to do one thing at a time.

And so what happens with multitasking or task switching weakens your prefrontal cortex.

Multitasking is a myth.

It's a scientific misnomer.

There's actually no such thing.

When you multitask, you are doing two things at once.

Remember that part of the brain that we talked about at the start of our conversation, which is about strategic thinking and planning and memory and organization and all these important things.

It's called task switching.

You're not in fact doing two things at once.