Journal
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 483-489Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.10.012
Keywords
Society; Childhood development; Sociocultural factors; Cognitive processes; Cognitive ability; Perceptual motor processes
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This study investigated whether changes in the technological/social environment in the United States over time have resulted in concomitant changes in the multitasking skills of younger generations. One thousand, three hundred and nineteen Americans from three generations were queried to determine their at-home multitasking behaviors. An anonymous online questionnaire asked respondents to indicate which everyday and technology-based tasks they choose to combine for multitasking and to indicate how difficult it is to multitask when combining the tasks. Combining tasks occurred frequently, especially while listening to music or eating. Members of the Net Generation reported more multitasking than members of Generation X, who reported more multitasking than members of the Baby Boomer generation. The choices of which tasks to combine for multitasking were highly correlated across generations. as were difficulty ratings of specific multitasking combinations. The results are consistent with a greater amount of general multitasking resources in younger generations, but similar mental limitations in the types of tasks that can be multitasked. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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