A friend and professor is confident her granddaughters are able to multitask without any significant negative impact on their performance. She observes them using the computer and cell phone while doing homework and listening to music or watching television. They are star students in demanding schools. I told her I have my doubts. I suspect [...]

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Today, when I should have already begun researching for my dissertation idea paper, I was just getting up from brunch when the PBS Nova series began. Expecting another episode on nebulas or colliding galaxies, I started from my chair. But then I saw that the topic was ape intelligence, specifically, what accounts for the differences [...]

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