sensory multitasking

Where you simultaneously partake of two or more forms of media, food, etc. which involve utilizing different senses (listening, reading, tasting, etc.), in order to accomplish more ventures in the same span of time.

One common and excellent form of sensory multitasking would be to preview an instrumental-work recording while perusing your e-mails; since you do not use the same parts of your brain for reading words as you do in determining whether or not you like a particular piece of non-lyrical music, you can catch up on your messages and still decide whether you want to purchase a CD of the tunes you're listening to.