Who Multi-Tasks and Why? Multi-Tasking Ability, Perceived Multi-Tasking Ability, Impulsivity, and Sensation Seeking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sanbonmatsu, David M ^a   Strayer, David L ^a   Medeiros Ward, Nathan ^a   Watson, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERSONALITY; SENSATION SEEKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK-TAKING; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872767270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054402     Document Type: Article

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