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      Can students really multitask? An experimental study of instant messaging while reading

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      Computers & Education
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          Controlled and automatic human information processing: I. Detection, search, and attention.

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            Executive control of cognitive processes in task switching.

            In 4 experiments, participants alternated between different tasks or performed the same task repeatedly. The tasks for 2 of the experiments required responding to geometric objects in terms of alternative classification rules, and the tasks for the other 2 experiments required solving arithmetic problems in terms of alternative numerical operations. Performance was measured as a function of whether the tasks were familiar or unfamiliar, the rules were simple or complex, and visual cues were present or absent about which tasks should be performed. Task alternation yielded switching-time costs that increased with rule complexity but decreased with task cuing. These factor effects were additive, supporting a model of executive control that has goal-shifting and rule-activation stages for task switching. It appears that rule activation takes more time for switching from familiar to unfamiliar tasks than for switching in the opposite direction.
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              Cell phone-induced failures of visual attention during simulated driving.

              This research examined the effects of hands-free cell phone conversations on simulated driving. The authors found that these conversations impaired driver's reactions to vehicles braking in front of them. The authors assessed whether this impairment could be attributed to a withdrawal of attention from the visual scene, yielding a form of inattention blindness. Cell phone conversations impaired explicit recognition memory for roadside billboards. Eye-tracking data indicated that this was due to reduced attention to foveal information. This interpretation was bolstered by data showing that cell phone conversations impaired implicit perceptual memory for items presented at fixation. The data suggest that the impairment of driving performance produced by cell phone conversations is mediated, at least in part, by reduced attention to visual inputs.
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                Computers & Education
                Computers & Education
                Elsevier BV
                03601315
                May 2010
                May 2010
                : 54
                : 4
                : 927-931
                Article
                10.1016/j.compedu.2009.09.024
                6487dcd9-1081-4086-a1c7-ef311c9935c1
                © 2010

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