Women Are More Good At Multitasking Than Men, This Is The Reason According To Science

Illustration of multitasking women (Pexels/Anastasia Shuraeva)

JAKARTA - Women are more proficient at multitasking, playing multiple roles or vehemently many things at one time, compared to men. This was revealed through a study testing the multitasking differences of men and women, published by Human Physics.

The study shows that men need more brain energy than women when multitasking. In the study there were 140 participants, consisting of 69 men and 71 women, aged 20-65 years.

Participants follow a series of tests, which measure their ability to distract between tasks. Participants are asked to randomly sort objects based on shape and number.

In the study, the brain activity of participants was monitored using functional MRI, while their memory and care were tested with neuropsychological tests. As a result, men's brains need to work harder to perform many tasks, compared to women who are more adaptable to multitasking situations.

Multitasking by gender, both men's and women's brains use several specific areas. One of them is the dorsolateral prefrontal vortex, which is part of the front brain responsible for planning, decision making, and impulse control.

Then there is the supplyary motorbike areas that help coordinate body movements, especially when it comes to switching from one task to another. There is also an inferior parietal lobe, which plays an important role in language, mathematics, and how to visualize the body itself.

These areas work when multitasking both in women and men. However, in men it tends to be slower and makes more mistakes than in women.

This can happen because women tend to be more skilled in managing stress and processing information systematically, so that they are more efficient in activating and using these brain areas for multitasking. On the other hand, men tend to be more impulsive, which means they often act without thinking carefully first.