Predictors of multitasking performance in a synthetic work paradigm

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1149-1167

  Hambrick, David Z ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b   Darowski, Emily S ^a   Rench, Tara A ^a   Brou, Randy ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Navy Personnel Research Studies and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL TEST; MULTITASKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING SPEED; RECREATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77957830991     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1624     Document Type: Article

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