the ability of a person to perform several tasks at the same time or quickly switch between them. In cognitive psychology, it is considered as a limited ability of the human brain, often leading to a decrease in the quality of performance of each individual task. In professional activity, it can be both a requirement (for example, for dispatchers) and a source of stress and mistakes. The effectiveness of multitasking depends on adaptability, the nature of tasks, and the individual characteristics of cognitive processes.