I want to media multitask and I want to do it now: Individual differences in media multitasking predict delay of gratification and system-1 thinking

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Schutten, Dan ^a   Stokes, Kirk A ^a   Arnell, Karen M ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive reflection test; CRT; Decision making; Delay discounting; Delay of gratification; Impulsivity; Media multitasking; MMI

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042851825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23657464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41235-016-0048-x     Document Type: Article

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