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For decades, multitasking has been celebrated as a sign of intelligence and productivity. We pride ourselves on answering emails while attending meetings, scrolling through social media while studying, and replying to messages during dinner. Yet a growing body of research suggests that what we call multitasking is, in reality, rapid task-switching — and the price we pay for it is much higher than we realise. Every time the brain shifts attention, it leaves behind what cognitive scientists describe as 'attention residue': leftover thoughts from the previous task that quietly bleed into the next one, dimming our focus and damaging the quality of our work. Studies at Stanford University have found that heavy multitaskers perform worse on memory, attention, and task-switching tests than people who prefer monotasking. Worse, the habit appears to rewire the brain over time, making sustained concentration increasingly difficult. The deeper irony is that multitasking feels productive even when it isn't; the constant ping of notifications releases tiny bursts of dopamine, tricking the brain into believing it is winning, while the actual work suffers. To regain control, experts recommend something deceptively simple: deliberate, distraction-free time blocks devoted to one meaningful task. The path to deep work, they argue, is paved not by doing more at once — but by daring to do less, with full attention.