Mitigating Disruptive Effects of Interruptions Through Training: What Needs to Be Practiced?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-109

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

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Interruptions; Practice; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959886855     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023497     Document Type: Article

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