 Hello everybody, my name is Chris and I am here on Psych2Go to talk to you guys about multi-tasking and why you really shouldn't do it. I'm going to tell you straight out, you can't multi-task at all. Your brain cannot handle it and it has to do with your short-term memory. Your short-term memory, also known as your working memory, stores visual and verbal information for a short period of time, anywhere from 30 to 60 seconds with a limited capacity. The working theory on our working memory is 7 plus or minus 2. In other words, our short-term memory can hold anywhere from 5 items to 9 items at any given time. And when you're multi-tasking, you're definitely putting in more than 5 or 9 items into your short-term memory, thus overloading your brain with data. And when your brain is overloaded with data, some of that data doesn't make it into your short-term memory. And if it doesn't make it into your short-term memory, it's not going to make it into your long-term memory and you're not going to remember it. In other words, multi-tasking doesn't make you more efficient or a time saver. In fact, it makes you less efficient and waste more time. And that about wraps this video up, guys. If you guys want to see more content like this, please go to psych2go.net. Please remember to follow our Tumblr page at psych2go.tumblr.net, and please remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel right here. We'll be making videos like this based off of articles from psych2go.net. And if you guys liked this video, remember to give it a big thumbs up, and that's about all the time I have. See you guys next time. Bye!