Research

Multitasking & Dual-Task Performance

Concurrent task interference and the capacity that constrains it.

dual task multitasking 197automaticity skill acquisition 99capacity resource theory 88

354 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this area

  1. Perceptual and central interference in dual-task performance · 2001 · Ruthruff, Eric et al. · indexed
  2. Dual-task interference in simple tasks: Data and theory. · 1994 · Pashler, Harold · archived
  3. Attentional Limitations in Doing Two Tasks at the Same Time · 1992 · Pashler, Harold · archived
  4. Can practice eliminate the Psychological Refractory Period effect? · 1999 · Van Selst, Mark et al. · indexed
  5. A central capacity sharing model of dual-task performance. · 2003 · Tombu, Michael et al. · indexed
  6. Dynamics of the Central Bottleneck: Dual-Task and Task Uncertainty · 2006 · Sigman, Mariano et al. · archived
  7. Toward an instance theory of automatization. · 1988 · Logan, Gordon D. · indexed
  8. Multiple Resources and Mental Workload · 2008 · Wickens, Christopher D. · archived
  9. Graded capacity-sharing in dual-task interference? · 1994 · Pashler, Harold · archived
  10. Capacity Theory as a Model of Cortical Behavior · 2000 · Handy, Todd C. · indexed
  11. Threaded cognition: An integrated theory of concurrent multitasking. · 2008 · Salvucci, Dario D. et al. · indexed
  12. Aging and Input Processing in Dual-Task Situations. · 2004 · Hein, Grit et al. · indexed
  13. Central Interference in Driving · 2006 · Levy, Jonathan et al. · archived
  14. Multiple Resources and Mental Workload · 2008 · Wickens, Christopher D · indexed
  15. Dual task interference on early perceptual processing · 2021 · Duncan, Justin et al. · archived
  16. Cognitive control and meta-control in dual-task coordination · 2023 · Strobach, Tilo · archived
  17. Task Switching and Multitask Performance · 2000 · Pashler, Harold · indexed
  18. The Temporal Profile of Dual-task Interference in the Human Brain · 2023 · Hashemirad, Seyed-Reza et al. · indexed
  19. Dissociation of Performance and Subjective Measures of Workload · 1988 · Yeh, Yei-Yu et al. · indexed
  20. Task Automation and Skill Development in a Simplified Driving Task · 2000 · Ward, Nicholas J. · indexed
  21. Multiple Resource Time Sharing Models · 2004 · Wickens, Christopher D. · indexed
  22. Multiple resources and performance prediction · 2002 · Wickens, Christopher D. · indexed
  23. Cross-modal psychological refractory period in vision, audition, and haptics · 2020 · Rau, Pei‐Luen Patrick et al. · archived
  24. The Psychology of Attention · 1997 · Pashler, Harold · indexed
  25. Delays without Mistakes: Response Time and Error Distributions in Dual-Task · 2008 · Kamienkowski, Juan E. et al. · archived
  26. Searching working memory for the source of dual-task costs · 2011 · Hazeltine, Eliot et al. · archived
  27. Working Memory Capacity · 2016 · Cowan, Nelson · archived
  28. Dual-task interference and the cerebral hemispheres. · 1993 · Pashler, Harold et al. · archived
  29. Attention: Theory, Principles, Models and Applications · 2021 · Wickens, Christopher D. · indexed
  30. Toward a Rational and Mechanistic Account of Mental Effort · 2017 · Shenhav, Amitai et al. · indexed
  31. Cognitive Load in Cross‐Modal Dual‐Task Processing · 2015 · Morrison, Natalie M. V. et al. · indexed
  32. Working Memory Capacity · 2010 · Cowan, Nelson · archived
  33. Evolution of Models of Working Memory and Cognitive Resources · 2016 · Wingfield, Arthur · indexed
  34. Refining the law of practice. · 2018 · Evans, Nathan J. et al. · archived
  35. Multitasking induced contextual blindness · 2025 · Cooper, JM et al. · archived
  36. Working Memory Capacity as Executive Attention · 2002 · Engle, Randall W · archived
  37. Working memory’s workload capacity · 2015 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
  38. Evidence for a multicomponent hierarchical representation of dual tasks · 2021 · Hirsch, Patricia et al. · archived
  39. Tools for Transport: Driven to Learn With Connected Vehicles · 2021 · Morris, Nichole et al. · archived
  40. Separating cognitive capacity from knowledge: a new hypothesis · 2007 · Cowan, Nelson · indexed
  41. As Time Goes By · 2012 · Barrouillet, Pierre et al. · archived
  42. How to stop and change a response: The role of goal activation in multitasking. · 2008 · Verbruggen, Frederick et al. · indexed
  43. Age-related differences and similarities in dual-task interference. · 1999 · Hartley, Alan A. et al. · indexed
  44. Interference between Visuospatial Dual Tasks and the Effects of Training · 2009 · Boles, David B. et al. · indexed
  45. State of science: mental workload in ergonomics · 2014 · Young, Mark S. et al. · archived
  46. Discrete task switching in overload: A meta-analyses and a model · 2015 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · archived
  47. Automaticity and Preattentive Processing · 1992 · Treisman, Anne et al. · indexed
  48. Individual Differences in Attention Control · 2020 · Mashburn, Cody A. et al. · indexed
  49. Learning by Doing: Understanding Skill Acquisition through Skill Acquisition · 2010 · McLaughlin, Anne Collins et al. · indexed
  50. On the law relating processing to storage in working memory. · 2011 · Barrouillet, Pierre et al. · archived
  51. Conceptions of Ability Affect Motor Learning · 2009 · Wulf, Gabriele et al. · indexed
  52. Dual-Task Performance and the Hick-Hyman Law of Choice Reaction Time · 1977 · Damos, Diane L. et al. · indexed
  53. Time Constraints and Resource Sharing in Adults' Working Memory Spans. · 2004 · Barrouillet, Pierre et al. · indexed
  54. Cognitive workload measurement and modeling under divided attention. · 2019 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
  55. From perception to action: making the connection—a tutorial · 2002 · Jolicœur, Pierre et al. · indexed
  56. Decomposing sources of response slowing in the PRP paradigm. · 2007 · Jentzsch, Ines et al. · indexed
  57. Is dual-task slowing instruction dependent? · 2001 · Levy, Jonathan et al. · archived
  58. Automaticity and Preattentive Processing  · 2012 · Treisman, Anne et al. · indexed
  59. The Magical Mystery Four · 2010 · Cowan, Nelson · archived
  60. Attentional limits in memory retrieval. · 1995 · Carrier, L. Mark et al. · archived
  61. Load Theory of Selective Attention and Cognitive Control. · 2004 · Lavie, Nilli et al. · indexed
  62. Repealing the power law: the case for an exponential law of practice · 2000 · Heathcote, Andrew et al. · archived
  63. Dual Task Effects on Visual Attention Capacity in Normal Aging · 2018 · Künstler, Erika C. S. et al. · archived
  64. Dramatic Reductions in Dual-Task Costs When Tasks Can Be Kept Separate · 2014 · Halvorson, Kimberly M. et al. · archived
  65. The residual costs of multitasking: Causing trouble down the road · 2016 · Turrill, J et al. · indexed
  66. LEARNING FROM LEARNING : PRINCIPLES FOR SUPPORTING DRIVERS · 1991 · Groeger, John A. · indexed
  67. Predictive Performance Models and Multiple Task Performance · 1989 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · indexed
  68. Dual-task costs in aging are predicted by formal education · 2016 · Vallesi, Antonino · archived
  69. Parallel Response Selection after Callosotomy · 2008 · Hazeltine, Eliot et al. · indexed
  70. Capacity Coefficient Variations · 2012 · Houpt, Joseph W. et al. · indexed
  71. Introspection about backward crosstalk in dual-task performance · 2020 · Bratzke, Daniel et al. · archived
  72. Systematic changes in the rate of instruction during driver training · 2007 · Groeger, John A. et al. · indexed
  73. Redundancy, Modality, and Priority in Dual Task Interference · 2003 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · indexed
  74. Resource Training Using Alternating Tasks · 2010 · Boles, David B. et al. · indexed
  75. Dynamic Shifts of Limited Working Memory Resources in Human Vision · 2008 · Bays, Paul M. et al. · archived
  76. Discrete resource allocation in visual working memory. · 2009 · Barton, Brian et al. · indexed
  77. The multicomponent model of working memory fifty years on · 2024 · Hitch, Graham J. et al. · archived
  78. Parallel Response Selection after Callosotomy · 2008 · Hazeltine, Eliot et al. · archived
  79. SEEXC: a model of response time in skill acquisition · 2002 · Heathcote, Andrew et al. · archived
  80. Manipulating the Conditions of Training in Time-Sharing Performance · 1977 · Gopher, Daniel et al. · indexed
  81. Interfering with the Central Executive by Means of a Random Interval Repetition Task · 1998 · Vandierendonck, André et al. · indexed
  82. Attention: From Theory to Practice · 2006 · Kramer, Arthur F. et al. · indexed
  83. Is there a general task switching ability? · 2007 · Yehene, Einat et al. · indexed
  84. Gender Invariance in Multitasking · 2013 · Strayer, David L. · archived
  85. Adaptive Control of Mental Workload · 2000 · Parasuraman, Raja et al. · indexed
  86. Symbiosis of executive and selective attention in working memory · 2014 · Vandierendonck, André · archived
  87. Resource or slot model in visual working memory: Are they different? · 2024 · Hojjati, Fatemeh et al. · indexed
  88. Multitasking During Degraded Speech Recognition in School-Age Children · 2017 · Tina M. Grieco‐Calub et al. · indexed
  89. Hierarchical control and driving. · 2013 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
  90. Processing resource demands of failure detection in dynamic systems. · 1979 · Wickens, C. D. et al. · indexed
  91. Driver training: a perceptual-motor skill approach · 1982 · Lewin, Isaac · indexed
  92. The effects of divided attention on information processing in manual tracking. · 1976 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · indexed
  93. Attention and Performance · 2001 · Pashler, Harold et al. · archived
  94. The Resource King is dead! Long live the Resource King! · 1999 · Towse, John N. et al. · archived
  95. The Role of Attention in Automatic Skills. · 1986 · Hoffman, James E. · indexed
  96. An Embedded-Processes Model of Working Memory · 1999 · Cowan, Nelson · archived
  97. Vigilance Requires Hard Mental Work and Is Stressful · 2008 · Warm, Joel S. et al. · indexed
  98. Control and interference in task switching—A review. · 2010 · Kiesel, Andrea et al. · archived
  99. Age Differences and Divided Attention: Is there a General Deficit? · 2003 · de Ribaupierre, Anik et al. · indexed
  100. Motor skill learning and performance: a review of influential factors · 2009 · Wulf, Gabriele et al. · indexed
  101. Applied Attention Theory · 2019 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · indexed
  102. Saccadic Eye Movements and Dual-Task Interference · 1993 · Pashler, Harold et al. · archived
  103. Restriction of working memory capacity during worry. · 2008 · Hayes, Sarra et al. · indexed
  104. Task switching: Interplay of reconfiguration and interference control. · 2010 · Vandierendonck, André et al. · indexed
  105. Bayesian Models of Attention · 2014 · Yu, Angela J. · indexed
  106. Binding in short-term visual memory. · 2002 · Treisman, Anne · indexed
  107. Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning · 1988 · Sweller, John · indexed
  108. Toward a Theory of Situation Awareness in Dynamic Systems · 1995 · Endsley, Mica R. · indexed
  109. An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance · 2013 · Kurzban, Robert et al. · indexed
  110. Attention Theory and Training Research · 1987 · Connelly, James G. et al. · indexed
  111. Attention to the second language · 2007 · Wickens, C. D. · indexed
  112. Working Memory in the Acquisition of Complex Cognitive Skills · 1989 · Logie, Robert H. et al. · archived
  113. The role of time on task in multi-task management. · 2016 · Gutzwiller, Robert S. et al. · indexed
  114. A Bottleneck Model of Set-Specific Capture · 2014 · Moore, Katherine Sledge et al. · archived
  115. Age-related differences in executive control of working memory · 2004 · Holtzer, Roee et al. · archived
  116. Effects of practice on component processes in complex mental addition. · 1993 · Frensch, Peter A. et al. · indexed
  117. Nature and Measurement of Attention Control · 2022 · Burgoyne, Alexander P. et al. · indexed
  118. Hierarchical Control and Driving · 2013 · Medeiros-Ward, Nathan · indexed
  119. Automaticity: A Theoretical and Conceptual Analysis. · 2006 · Moors, Agnes et al. · archived
  120. Effector dependent sequence learning in the serial RT task · 2004 · Verwey, Willem B. et al. · indexed
  121. Exemplar similarity and the development of automaticity. · 1997 · Palmeri, Thomas J. · indexed
  122. Lack of Automatic Vocal Response Learning While Reading Aloud · 2019 · Kühnel, Anja et al. · indexed
  123. Toward an Understanding of Age-Related use of Incidental Consistency · 1998 · Meyer, Beth et al. · indexed
  124. Part-Task Training for Tracking and Manual Control · 2017 · Wightman, Dennis C. et al. · archived
  125. Multitasking in Older Adults’ Daily Activities: A Preliminary Investigation · 2021 · Stephan, Abigail et al. · indexed
  126. The effects of secondary tasks on implicit motor skill performance · 2002 · Macmahon, Kenneth et al. · indexed
  127. Dual Tasking during Trip Recovery and Obstacle Clearance among Young, Healthy Adults in Human Factors Research · 2021 · Arachchige, Sachini N. K. Kodithuwakku et al. · indexed
  128. Parallel and Serial Processing · 2002 · Logan, Gordon D. · indexed
  129. Automaticity and the ACT Theory · 1992 · Anderson, John R. · indexed
  130. Do Rising Opportunity Costs Lead to Increases in Media Multitasking Over Time? · 2023 · Drody, Allison C. et al. · indexed
  131. Attention and Preattention in Theories of Automaticity · 1992 · Logan, Gordon D. · indexed
  132. The Control of the Unwanted · 2004 · Gollwitzer, Peter M et al. · indexed
  133. The Automaticity of Visual Statistical Learning. · 2005 · Nicholas B. Turk‐Browne et al. · archived
  134. Examining neural correlates of skill acquisition in a complex videogame training program · 2012 · Prakash, Ruchika Shaurya et al. · indexed
  135. How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world · 2009 · Lally, Phillippa et al. · archived
  136. Effects of aging and task difficulty on divided attention performance. · 1988 · McDowd, Joan M. et al. · indexed
  137. The cognitive and neural architecture of sequence representation. · 2003 · Keele, Steven W. et al. · archived
  138. Automaticity deficits in word reading · 2017 · Yap, Regina et al. · indexed
  139. Sequence learning · 1998 · Clegg, Benjamin A. et al. · indexed
  140. DMCfun: Diffusion Model of Conflict (DMC) in Reaction Time Tasks · 2020 · Mackenzie, Ian G. et al. · archived
  141. Two Routes to Expertise in Mental Rotation · 2013 · Provost, Alexander et al. · indexed
  142. Queueing Network-Model Human Processor (QN-MHP) · 2006 · Liu, Yili et al. · indexed
  143. The Serial Reaction Time Task: Implicit Motor Skill Learning?: Figure 1. · 2007 · Robertson, Edwin M. · indexed
  144. The influence of normal human ageing on automatic movements · 2004 · Wu, Tao et al. · indexed
  145. Composition during serial learning: A serial position effect. · 1994 · Frensch, Peter A. · indexed
  146. Incidental covariation learning leading to strategy change · 2019 · Gaschler, Robert et al. · archived
  147. The Influence of Response—Effect Compatibility in a Serial Reaction Time Task · 2003 · Stöcker, Christian et al. · indexed
  148. A unified theory of discrete and continuous responding. · 2022 · Kvam, Peter D. et al. · archived
  149. The automaticity of everyday life. · 1997 · Bargh, John A. · indexed
  150. Bayesian analyses of cognitive architecture. · 2017 · Houpt, Joseph W. et al. · archived
  151. Coactivation and Statistical Facilitation in the Detection of Lines · 1994 · Schwarz, Wolfgang et al. · indexed
  152. Theta and alpha power across fast and slow timescales in cognitive control · 2020 · Huycke, Pieter et al. · indexed
  153. Theta and alpha power across fast and slow timescales in cognitive control · 2021 · Huycke, Pieter et al. · indexed
  154. Automaticity in Stimulus-Parity Synaesthesia · 2017 · Dumbalska, Tsvetomira et al. · archived
  155. Functional Mapping of Sequence Learning in Normal Humans · 1995 · Grafton, Scott T. et al. · archived
  156. The habitual consumer · 2009 · Wood, Wendy et al. · indexed
  157. The functions of structural priming · 2006 · Ferreira, Victor S. et al. · indexed
  158. Precision about the automatic emotional brain · 2015 · Vuilleumier, Patrik · indexed