Efficient multitasking: Parallel versus serial processing of multiple tasks

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fischer, Rico ^a   Plessow, Franziska ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Cognitive control; Crosstalk; Dual tasking; Functional bottleneck; Multitasking; Parallel versus serial processing; Psychological refractory period (PRP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018425546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01366     Document Type: Review

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