multitasking



=Multitasking & Continuous Partial Attention=

Multitasking Continuous Partial Attention Information Pollution / Overload

Also see Attention Span & Distractibility, Memory,

MULTITASKING
Human Multitasking [Wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_multitasking

Media Multitasking [Wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_multitasking

Dual-Task Interference in Simple Tasks: Data and Theory by Harold Pashler http://www.pashler.com/Articles/Pashler_PB1994.pdf

The autumn of the multitaskers: neuroscience is confirming what we all suspect: multitasking is dumbing us down and driving us crazy. One man's odyssey through the nightmare of infinite connectivity. http://socialissues.wiseto.com/Articles/170234018/

Multitaskers bad at multitasking http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8219212.stm

Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1

(article) Divided Attention By David Glenn http://chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Turn-Their-Attention/63746/ "In an age of classroom multitasking, scholars probe the nature of learning and memory Scholars Turn Their Attention to Attention"

CONTINUOUS PARTIAL ATTENTION
Q & A Continuous Partial Attention http://lindastone.net/qa/

Continuous Partial Attention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_Partial_Attention Which is apparently different than multitasking

Continuous Partial Attention -- Not the Same as Multi-Tasking by Linda Stone http://www.businessweek.com/business_at_work/time_management/archives/2008/07/continuous_part.html

INFORMATION POLLUTION / OVERLOAD
Information overload? Heavy multimedia users are more easily distracted by irrelevant information by Ed Yong http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/08/information_overload_heavy_multimedia_users_are_more_easily.php Be sure to read Ed Yong's reponses to the comments by readers, especially the question by Arikia. His response to that one talks about research methods.

Information Overload [Wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_overload

Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains By Nicholas Carr http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/

Information Pollution [Wikipedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_pollution

Information Pollution (Jakob Nielsen) http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030811.html

Ten Steps for Cleaning Up Information Pollution (Jakob Nielsen) http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040105.html

Web guru fights info pollution http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3171376.stm

Internet overload affects our attention spans by Nick Pelster http://www.dailynebraskan.com/opinion/pelster-internet-overload-affects-our-attention-spans-1.2378345 A silly but serious article from the University of Nebraska's student e-newsletter.