Is this the same for largely mental problem solving tasks like computer programming? Nothing upsets me and destroys my productivity like my boss making me switch tasks when I already had my day planned! I typically have a sense of the sequence of coding tasks in my head, it sounds very similar!
Is this the same for largely mental problem solving tasks like computer programming? Nothing upsets me and destroys my productivity like my boss making me switch tasks when I already had my day planned! I typically have a sense of the sequence of coding tasks in my head, it sounds very similar!
Yes, same thing. Its the switching costs that define the energy difficulty, not the task.