[Air-l] New Generation Multi-Tasking

[R.Mabry-Hubbard (UMC Student)]

> I would like to present a little bit provocative question: does the
> multitasking really exists... 

Yes. Google Scholar results yielded 53 English pages hits for "human
multitasking" and 3,420 English pages for the query, [human multitasking
("cognitive process" OR "decision making")]

Apparently, there are even test for multitasking ability such as the Six
Element Test. Some studies from the psychological sciences literature:

PsycINFO 1806 to October Week 2 2006
Results of your search: from 16 [("Cognitive Processes" and multitasking). 

Buhner, Markus; et al. Working Memory Dimensions as Differential Predictors
of the Speed and Error Aspect of Multitasking Performance. HUMAN
PERFORMANCE. Vol 19(3) 2006, 253-275. 

Chan, Raymond C. et al Multitasking performance of Chinese children with
ADHD. JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Vol 12(4) Jul
2006, 575-579. 

Salvucci, Dario D; et al. Toward and ACT-R general executive for human
multitasking. [Book; Edited Book] Lovett, Marsha (Ed); et al (2004).
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE MODELING:
ICCCM 2004: INTEGRATING MODELS. (pp. 267-272). 420 pp. Mahwah, NJ, US:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers. 
 
Kushleyeva, Yelena; et al. Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical
multitasking. [Book; Edited Book] Lovett, Marsha (Ed); et al. (2004).
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE MODELING:
ICCCM 2004: INTEGRATING MODELS. (pp. 14-19). 420 pp. Mahwah, NJ, US:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers. 

Lien, Mei-Ching; et al. Attentional Limitations in Doing Two Tasks at Once:
The Search for Exceptions. CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. Vol
15(2) Apr 2006, 89-93. 
Year of Publication 2006

Mackinlay, Rachael; et al. High functioning children with autism spectrum
disorder: A novel test of multitasking. BRAIN AND COGNITION. Vol 61(1) Jun
2006, 14-24. 

Kushleyeva, Yelena; et al Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical
multitasking. COGNITIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH. Vol 6(1) Mar 2005, 41-49. 

Salvucci, Dario D. A Multitasking General Executive for Compound Continuous
Tasks. COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Vol 29(3) May-Jun 2005, 457-492. 

Heyder, Katrin; et al. Cortico-subcortical contributions to executive
control. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. Vol 115(2-3) Feb-Mar 2004, 271-289. 

Ehrenfried, Tanja; et al. Posture and mental task performance when viewing a
moving visual field.COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH. Vol 17(1) Jun 2003, 140-153. 

Kirsh, David. A Few Thoughts on Cognitive Overload .INTELLECTICA. No 30
2000, 19-51. 

Humphreys, Glyn W; et al: Control of multistep tasks. [Book; Edited Book]
Monsell, Stephen (Ed); Driver, Jon (Ed). (2000). CONTROL OF COGNITIVE
PROCESSES: ATTENTION AND PERFORMANCE XVIII. (pp. 425-472). xvi, 779 pp.
Cambridge, MA, US: The MIT Press. 

Pashler, Harold; et al. Task switching and multitask performance. [Book;
Edited Book] Monsell, Stephen (Ed); (2000). CONTROL OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES:
ATTENTION AND PERFORMANCE XVIII. (pp. 275-423). xvi, 779 pp. Cambridge, MA,
US: The MIT Press. 

Burgess, Paul W; et al. The cognitive and neuroanatomical correlates of
multitasking. NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA. Vol 38(6) Mar 2000, 848-863. 

Burgess, Paul W. Strategy application disorder: The role of the frontal
lobes in human multitasking. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH/PSYCHOLOGISCHE
FORSCHUNG. Vol 63(3-4) 2000, 279-288. 

Bainbridge, Lisanne. Processes underlying human performance. [Book; Edited
Book] Garland, Daniel J (Ed); Wise, John A (Ed); Hopkin, V. David (Ed).
(1999). HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS. (pp. 107-171). xvi, 694 pp.
Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers. 1999


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Robin Y. Mabry Hubbard, MBA, EdS
Rural Sociology Doctoral Student - Community Informatics
Email: ryh352 at mizzou.edu  My Homepage: http://www.rrchubbard.org
Murphy's Law: There is never enough time to do it right; but there is always
time to do it over
~ Our Future arrived Yesterday!  ~
[I am not inviting any postmodernist to my party!]