Multitasking leads to overburdening of brain: Experts

Nagpur | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

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It does not allow things to be encoded in the brain,” says psychiatrist Dr Anand Saoji, associate professor at IGMCH. Experts term this as ‘information overload’ and ‘brain overburdening’.These terms are slang rather than a clinical diagnosis, says Dr Abha Bang Soni, a psychiatrist from the city. Today, things have simplified, so one doesn’t have to exercise the brain,” says Dr Kirpekar“I feel poor”, say several adolescent patients who approach psychiatrist Dr Shruti Kala. Nagpur: In this age of multitasking, forgetting things isn’t uncommon: whether it is about paying bills, remembering where the keys are, or missing out on a few groceries while shopping. “The brain gets confused about which information is important..