Can multitasking a lot be bad for your brain?!

Question: Can multitasking a lot be bad for your brain.?

Say if your working on something like an assignment or a project from school and at the same time you were trying to do one or two other things at the same time. Maybe you had to keep checking on something every so often and maybe another thing like, lol I don't know, talking to someone on the phone. But the point is that you have your mind on three things, it's crazy but just say
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Any mental gymnastics are good for your brain :P Providing you have rest periods too, in which you relax and don't think or worry.

I've run two computers with separate applications I was using, and held a conversation AND kept lookout at the same time. It's not bad for you. It just might give you a headache! :DHealth Question & Answer

I feel it is good exercise for the brain to multi task - women do it all the time once they have children - I always a men totally focused on one thing ie tv but mothers are hearing the news, watching the kids and cooking the tea, answering the phone all sorts of things at once with no real problem - could this be why women live longer than men.?
Older people find puzzles daily are good exercise for the brain to keep things active.Health Question & Answer

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