The Selective Attention Test

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam Posted by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Managing Director, Editorial, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



One of the biggest knocks against multitasking is that focusing on different things can make you oblivious to something else. Take the test in the video below before reading further.


Multitaskers scored well in noticing what others didn't, but they lost count of the number of passes -- which is the priority task. This shows diminished powers of mental organization and a difficulty switching between tasks.