Relating individual differences in cognitive ability and strategy consistency to interruption recovery during multitasking

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-33

  Bai, Hao ^a   Jones, Winston E ^a   Moss, Jarrod ^a   Doane, Stephanie M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Interruptions; Multitasking; Strategy consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905513574     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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