Individual differences in multitasking ability and adaptability

Human Factors

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 776-788

  Morgan, Brent ^a   D'Mello, Sidney ^b   Abbott, Robert ^c   Radvansky, Gabriel ^b   Haass, Michael ^c   Tamplin, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive abilities; MATB; spatial manipulation; task switching; working memory

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ABILITY; MATB; SPATIAL MANIPULATION; TASK SWITCHING; WORKING MEMORY;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

MULTITASKING;

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

APTITUDE; AVIATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREATIVITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84880275108     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812470842     Document Type: Article

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