> This also means we can do things aurally while still maintaining focus/attention on what we're doing visually, allowing a kind of multitasking.
Maybe you, but I most definitely cannot focus on different things aurally and visually. I never successfully listened to something in the background while doing something else. I can't even talk properly if I'm typing something on a computer.
Yup, we are all different. I require auditory stimulation to work at my peak.
I did horribly in school but once I was in an environment where I could have some kind of background audio/video playing I began to excel. It also helps me sleep of a night. It’s like the audio keeps the portion of me that would otherwise distract me occupied.
Or to clarify, I don't think one can be in deep flow eg programming and simultaneously in deep flow having an aural conversation; we're human we can't truly multitask. But I do think that if you're focusing on something using your computer, it's _less_ disruptive to eg say "Alexa remind me in twenty minutes to take out the trash" then it is to stop what you're doing and put that in an app on your computer.
Maybe you, but I most definitely cannot focus on different things aurally and visually. I never successfully listened to something in the background while doing something else. I can't even talk properly if I'm typing something on a computer.