The impact of secondary tasks on multitasking in a virtual environment

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-44

  Law, Anna S ^a   Logie, Robert H ^b   Pearson, David G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central executive; Multitasking; Phonological loop; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33645887823     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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