Multitasking: Turns Out We’re ALL Bad At It

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Parenting, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.6 • 962 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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We're talking about some of the topics in Amy Wilson's new book HAPPY TO HELP. Get it in our Bookshop bookstore, or wherever you buy books! Ask most people if women are "just better" at multitasking, and they'll probably agree. Didn't some study say that at some point? Aren't women from Venus and men from Mars? Aren't our brains completely different? Here's what the research really says about multitasking. Turns out we may have been bamboozled into doing more work all this time WITHOUT being any better at it. Amy and Margaret discuss: Why multitasking feels good sometimes Why women may be better at it only because they have more practice How attempting to multitask actually makes us less productive Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: D. Ren, H. Zhou and X. Fu, "A Deeper Look at Gender Difference in Multitasking: Gender-Specific Mechanism of Cognitive Control," for Fifth International Conference on Natural Computation. @meglskalla on TikTok: "Testing the 'Men Can't Multitask' Theory on My Husband" "Mythbusters" Season 14 Episode 5: "Battle of the Sexes Round 2" Olivia Petter for The Independent: "Multitasking inhibits productivity, research claims" Leah Ruppanner for The Conversation: "Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they’re just doing more work" Hirsch P, Koch I, Karbach J (2019) "Putting a stereotype to the test: The case of gender differences in multitasking costs in task-switching and dual-task situations." Stoet, G., O’Connor, D.B., Conner, M. et al. for BMC Psychology: "Are women better than men at multi-tasking?" Sir Ken Robinson's TEDTalk: "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" The Miss Perceived podcast with Leah Ruppanner We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson. mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, parental stress, kids stress, brain development, mom brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amy, you and I have often discussed our troubles with sleep, including falling asleep,
0:05.0	staying asleep. Pretty much if it's a sleep problem, one of us has it. That is why we're so
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0:39.8	to add to your nighttime routine. You just mix it into hot water or milk, froth, and enjoy before bed.
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1:15.3	40% off women aren't any better than men at multitasking at all what fresh hell laughing in the
1:24.4	face of motherhood this is the reason why people turn down the music when they're parking.
1:29.2	With Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson.
1:31.8	Being able to do only one thing at a time is a privilege.
1:36.0	A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas so you don't have to.
1:40.5	It's not lost until mom can't find it.
1:48.0	Hi. have to. It's not lost until mom can't find it. Hello, everyone, and welcome to what fresh hell laughing in the face of motherhood. This is
1:52.6	Margaret. And this is Amy. And today we're going to talk about multitasking. Multitasking, not my forte.
2:00.6	I have lots of research and studies.
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