Conference proceeding
Toward a Unified Theory of the Multitasking Continuum: From Concurrent Performance to Task Switching, Interruption, and Resumption
CHI2009: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-4, pp 1819-1828
01 Jan 2009
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Abstract
Multitasking in user behavior can be represented along a continuum in terms of the time spent on one task before switching to another. In this paper, we present a theory of behavior along the multitasking continuum, from concurrent tasks with rapid switching to sequential tasks with longer time between switching. Our theory unifies several theoretical effects - the ACT-R cognitive architecture, the threaded cognition theory of concurrent multitasking, and the memory-for-goals theory of interruption and resumption to better understand and predict multitasking behavior. We outline the theory and discuss how it accounts for numerous phenomena in the recent empirical literature.
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- Title
- Toward a Unified Theory of the Multitasking Continuum: From Concurrent Performance to Task Switching, Interruption, and Resumption
- Creators
- Dario D. Salvucci - Drexel UniversityNiels A. Taatgen - Carnegie Mellon UniversityJelmer P. Borst - University of Groningen
- Contributors
- S Greenberg (Editor)S E Hudson (Editor)K Hinkley (Editor)M RingelMorris (Editor)D R Olsen (Editor)
- Publication Details
- CHI2009: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-4, pp 1819-1828
- Conference
- CHI2009: 27TH ANNUAL CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, 27th
- Publisher
- Assoc Computing Machinery
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Computer Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000265679301079
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84885386486
- Other Identifier
- 991019170499304721
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