Media multitasking and behavioral measures of sustained attention

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 390-401

  Ralph, Brandon C W ^a   Thomson, David R ^a   Seli, Paul ^a   Carriere, Jonathan S A ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive and attentional control

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL NETWORK; UTILIZATION;

ATTENTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84925510784     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0771-7     Document Type: Article

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