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If you’re like me, you know that multitasking does not always save time. You slow down or make mistakes that require fixing . But maybe I ‘m just doing a wrong thing.
This is Scientific American ....
The new study shows that people on a stationary bike peddled faster, when they simultaneously tackled some sort of mental test. Even the researchers were surprised by that result.
They’d originally set out to demonstrate what other studies have shown, that when people try to do 2 things at once , they do both more poorly. ( Or- that when people tried to do 2 things at once , they’d do both more poorly)
Their ..... (?) finding is in the journal Plos One. In the experiment subjects were asked to complete various ... (?) of jobs that ranged in difficulty. Everything from saying “Go!” when they saw a blue star on a projection screen to remembering a long list of numbers & then repeating them back in reverse order.
They tackled these tasks once while sitting in a quiet room and again while on a bike.
It turns out cyclists rode 25 % faster when they were distracted by some mental gymnastics, but only when the tasks were relatively easy.
When confronted with tough brain-teasers their cycling speeds were about the same as when they had nothing in particular to think about. And in case you’re wondering , the participants' cycling neither helped nor hindered their brain function.
The findings could point toward new programmes in which you’d get better workouts simply by using our heads.

If you’re like me, you know that multitasking does not always save time. You slow down or make mistakes, they require fixing. But maybe I‘m just doing the wrong things.
This is Scientific American ....
The new study shows that people on a stationary bike peddled faster, when they simultaneously tackled some sort of mental test. Even the researchers were surprised by that result.
They’d originally set out to demonstrate what other studies have shown, that when people try to do 2 things at once , they do both more poorly.
Their counterintuitive finding is in the journal Plos One. In the experiment subjects were asked to complete various cognitive jobs that ranged in difficulty. Everything from saying “Go!” when they saw a blue star on a projection screen to remembering a long list of numbers & then repeating them back in reverse order.
They tackled these tasks once while sitting in a quiet room and again while on a bike.
It Turns out cyclists rode 25 % faster when they were distracted by some mental gymnastics, but only when the tests were relatively easy.
When confronted with tough brain-teasers their cycling speeds were about the same as when they had nothing in particular to think about. And in case you’re wondering , the participants' cycling neither helped nor hindered their brain function.
The findings could point toward new programmes in which we get better workouts simply by using our heads.

If you are like me, you know that multitasking does not always save time. You slow down or make mistakes that require fixing, but maybe I'm just doing the wrong things. This is Scientific American's 60 Seconds Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. The new study shows that people on a stationary bike pedaled faster when they simultaneously tackled some sort of mental test. Even the researchers were surprised by that result. ?They'd? originally set out to demonstrate what other studies have shown, that when people try to do two things at once they do both more poorly. Their counterintuitive finding is in the journal PLOS one. In the experiment subjects were asked to complete various cognitive jobs that ranged in difficulty. Everything from saying 'Go' when they saw a blue star on the projection screen to remembering a long list of numbers and then repeating them back in reverse order. They tackled these tasks once while sitting in a quiet room and again while on the bike. ?It? turns out cyclists rode 25% faster when they were distracted by some mental gymnastics, but only when the tests were relatively easy. When confronted with tough brain teasers their cycling speeds were about the same as when they had nothing in particular to think about. And in case you are wondering, the ?participants'? cycling neither helped nor hindered their brain function. The findings could point toward new programs in which we get better workouts simply by using our heads. Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60 Seconds Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.

reverse order- when you count from 10 to 1.
simultaneously - happening or being done at exactly the same time
tackle the task - try to deal with something