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Practice speeds up the part of the brain that lets us tackle many jobs at once.

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  1. Dux, P. E. et al. Neuron 63, 127-138 (2009).

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Buchen, L. How brain training makes multitasking easier. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.690

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