Dear BuF, I have a problem.

[Zur]

I did pretty badly. Do you think I should retry it again to see if I can reach normal levels?

 

[Vaskadar]

While it may be futile to bring the thread on track I will try anyways. What results do you get from this test?

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/07/technology/20100607-task-switching-demo.html

I had a memory performance of 2.

For task switching, I had a pretty high milliseconds score. 1754

 

[Zxanphorian]

While it may be futile to bring the thread on track I will try anyways. What results do you get from this test?

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/07/technology/20100607-task-switching-demo.html

I got a rating of:

In seriousness, in the focusing test, I did much better than the high/low multitaskers, but the task juggling test I fared far worse. My hand refused to quickly click on what I wanted it to.

 

[ilkman]

Yeah, I'm schizophrenic too. Don't worry about it.

 

[TWD]

That doesn't mean that it's a surefire sign that you are ADHD. Maybe you just aren't very good at task switching. Maybe your brain isn't firing on all cylinders. Not getting enough sleep or exercise can adversely affect your performance. Some also think synthetic foods and preservatives can cause trouble.

I've noticed that gamer oriented people tend to be at the extremes on this test. I think this is because they are either the technology minded task switchers the article talks about, or they do poorly because of their lifestyle. Staying up all night as buffers are apt to do can be the difference between the scores you are posting and the average.

 

[Twisted Metal]

They should map the keys 'C' and 'V' to consonant and vowel and left and right to odd and even. Any slowness on my part was due to confusion on which key to press.

 

[Zxanphorian]

They should map the keys 'C' and 'V' to consonant and vowel and left and right to odd and even. Any slowness on my part was due to confusion on which key to press.

That would make it too easy for a single task for a single button. I think the point is assigning a button to do two tasks.

My solution would remove mouse clicking. Perhaps making the left arrow be Odd/Vowel and the right arrow be Even/Consonant. That way you only have to move your fingers, and not your whole entire wrist.

 

[lovebug]

I can't pay jack shit attention to anything anyone says.

It gets worse every day. After the first two minutes of conversation all I hear is vowels and consonants, which then turns into yadie yadie yadie yadie. Is this an issue?

Clearly I have a problem.

I think the problem you have is called....

BEING MALE!

 

[Zur]

BEING MALE!

Yeah, being male has its downsides like being completely unable to multitask when faced with a pair of nice boobs.

 

[lovebug]

When only faced with boobs? Most men I know are unable to multitask anything....(well apart from wanking and adjusting the monitor at the same time)

 

[Zur]

Huh, what were you saying?

 

[lovebug]

he he stop looking at my avatar...its not real its a cartoon

 

[Zur]

[suspense]
What makes you think I'm real ?
[/suspense]

 

[lovebug]

that live webcam chat my dear!

 

[Zur]

That was just a loop playback of a Keanu Reeves movie like I do on chat roulette. I'm actually unreal.

 

[daloonie]

No...

 

[lovebug]

Ok your not real and I look nothing like my avatar

 

[(GR)Killer]

What the heck is this thing called a multi task? sounds impossible. Is it even real?

 

[lovebug]

Oh it exists my friend!
I chat to my mom on the phone, whilst cooking the dinner and then I reply to a text or post something on facebook whilst sorting out my son and tidying as I go along. Or I can be driving along singing away whilst checking my makeup in the mirror and making sure the d*ckhead driving behind me aint too close

 

[toniglandyl]

I like turtle !