Causes, effects, and practicalities of everyday multitasking

Developmental Review

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-78

  Carrier, L Mark ^a   Rosen, Larry D ^a   Cheever, Nancy A ^a   Lim, Alex F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Everyday multitasking; Learning; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925298714     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2014.12.005     Document Type: Review

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