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Is it true that the brain can only focus on one thing?

A friend of mine on the team came to me and another teammate and asked how we can stay calm on the mound, whether we are doing good or bad. I didn’t really have too much to say but the other guy said that he has an anxiety disorder so whenever he gets nervous(which is alot) he starts doing math problems, plays a logic game, or he plays this name game he thought of, he said that your brain can only handle one thing at a time. Is that true?

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Answer #1

Try multi-tasking. You try writing your paper and focus on the television screen. You’ll end up making typing mistakes on your paper, even if you are the best typist. You can’t do both of these things successfully and error free. It’s true

Answer #2

Well it’s true that you can only have one thought in your brain at a time, like try thinking about two things at the exact same time. You can’t xD just like you can’t say two different things at the exact same time. So yeah, I guess it’s true.

Answer #3

It’s true you cannot multi-task, your brain can only focus on one thing. If you multi task your brain will focus on one of the things.

Answer #4

Try multi-tasking. You try singing and playing an instrument like a guitar at the same time, even while you are walking It doesn’t take much practice to do them all perfectly even if you are only a merely competent musician. You CAN do all three of these things successfully and error free. It’s true. Of course some people can’t walk and chew gum at the same time - they can only focus on one thing.

Answer #5

Depends on the difficulty of the task. I can drive the lawnmower tractor, sing a song and worry about the weather all at the same time.

I can’t read a book and solve a math riddle at the same time.

Answer #6

though I could read a book and hum a melody at the same time.

Answer #7

i doubt. i think it can do alot more at a time

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