Multi-tasking is a myth, in the sense that a person can only do one thing at a time, otherwise there is no true focus.  We can process on many parallel levels, but our actions happen in sequence. Skilled players can perform tasks so quickly in sequence that it looks like they’re doing two things at once.  This is an illusion, like a flip card with a bird on one side and a cage on the other.  Twirl the card fast enough and the bird appears to be in the cage.  Skilled players can make you think the bird is in the cage, when in reality it is the fast juxtaposition of bird and cage that creates this illusion. (more…)