>While more research is needed to determine if multitasking is physically damaging the brain (versus existing brain damage that predisposes people to multitask)

>While more research is needed to determine if multitasking is physically damaging the brain (versus existing brain damage that predisposes people to multitask), it's clear that multitasking has negative effects. The anterior cingulate cortex is involved in attention management and impulsivity.[0] This has been known for quite some time. It has even been observed that children with ADHD have thinning in (some parts of) the anterior cingulate cortex.[1] It seems like quite a stretch to exclaim that multitasking itself causes that. It's obviously not impossible, but seems implausible - at least implausible enough to not make it a separate paragraph in a short article. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC53241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC53241/ [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23713508/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23713508/