Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN MEMORY AND COGNITION
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 401-409Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.05.003
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Working memory; Multitasking; Applied
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- Office of Naval Research [N000140910129]
- National Institutes of Health [2R01AA013650-11A1]
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Recent research has identified working memory as a critical component of multitasking ability. These studies showed that working memory accounted for multitasking variance over-and-above that predicted by other cognitive, personality, and experience-based variables. However, a limitation of these previous studies was that the tasks selected to measure working memory were dual-tasks themselves. The purpose of the current research was to determine if working memory measures must be dual-tasks to predict multitasking performance, or if other types of working memory measures that do not rely upon the dual-task methodology predict multitasking just as well, if not better. Three different serial order memory span tasks (one dual-task and two single-task) and one multitask were administered to a sample of healthy young adults. The results showed that single- and dual-task working memory measures predicted multitasking to a similar degree. The results indicate there is something fundamental about working memory's relationship with multitasking ability.
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