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注：劃線加粗部分為重點(diǎn)表達(dá)，翻譯時(shí)要注意哦！

原文：

When you engage in one task at a time, the prefrontal cortex works in harmony with other parts of the brain, he explained, but when you toss in another task it forces the left and right sides of the brain to work independently. It's this process of 1.（分裂、分離）your attention that usually leads to mistakes.

In other words, each time our eyes glance away from our computer monitor to sneak a 2.（偷看、瞥見(jiàn)）at a text message, the brain takes in new information, which reduces our primary focus. We think the mind can juggle two or three activities successfully at once, but Gazzaley（人名） thinks we woefully overestimate that ability.

3.（有疑問(wèn)、懷疑）? Try checking your email on a conference call.

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他解釋說(shuō)，當(dāng)你一次只做一項(xiàng)任務(wù)，前額皮質(zhì)與大腦其他部位配合完好，但如果你強(qiáng)加另外一個(gè)任務(wù)，左右大腦就獨(dú)立運(yùn)作。正是這個(gè)過(guò)程分散了你的注意力，導(dǎo)致出錯(cuò)。
也就是說(shuō)，每當(dāng)我們的視線從電腦屏幕轉(zhuǎn)開(kāi)，瞥一眼手機(jī)短信，大腦接受到新的信息，就會(huì)降低注意力。我們認(rèn)為大腦可以同時(shí)對(duì)付兩三個(gè)活動(dòng)，但Gazzaley認(rèn)為，很不幸，我們對(duì)這個(gè)能力期待過(guò)高了。
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