Is a human being able to do more than 2 things at a time?

Question: Is a human being able to do more than 2 things at a time?
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Asked by mariaa.s to Ceri, Marikka, Matt, Rob, Sally on 11 Nov 2014.
- Sally Cutler answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  I think your answer has to be yes! We breath at the same time as circulating blood around our body, whilst digesting your food and also watching TV – that’s more than 2 already!
- Robert Hampson answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  Yes and No. Anything that you can do without thinking about it (breathing, walking, heart beating, going somewhere you go regularly, talking, etc.) you should be able to do at the same time as other things. However, it has been shown that when concentrating on logic puzzles or problem solving or memory exercises, no one can successfully process two things at the same time. However, although the brain doesn’t process them at the same time, it can process one task a little bit, then switch to the other task and process the other a little bit, without much of a delay, this means we can functionally do some easy problem solving at the same time as other things.
- Ceri Dare answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  Well, at the moment I am writing answers to you, listening to music, and drinking coffee, so yes!
  
  But you only have a fixed amount of something called ‘working memory’ – basically how many things you can juggle in your head at once. Most people can remember 7 (plus or minus two) bits of information at once, after that then if you put more things in you forget other things! Read more here: http://www.simplypsychology.org/short-term-memory.html
  
  How many numbers can you remember at once?

Question: Is a human being able to do more than 2 things at a time?

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