Mitigating disruptions: Can resuming an interrupted task be trained?

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 368-371

  Cades, David M ^a   Gregory Trafton, J ^b   Boehm Davis, Deborah A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISRUPTIONS; INTERRUPTED TASKS; INTERRUPTION DISRUPTIVENESS;

DECISION MAKING; ERGONOMICS; PERSONNEL TESTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

EID: 44349093601     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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