On the impact of new technologies on multitasking

Developmental Review

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-112

  Cardoso Leite, Pedro ^a   Green, Shawn C ^b   Bavelier, Daphne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Media multitasking; Multitasking; Task switching; Transfer; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925275622     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2014.12.001     Document Type: Review

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