Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations
Multitasking refers to performance of multiple tasks. The most prominent types of multitasking are situations including either temporal overlap of the execution of multiple tasks (i.e., dual tasking) or executing multiple tasks in varying sequences (i.e., task switching). In the literature, numerous...
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| author | Mike Wendt Tilo Strobach Markus Janczyk |
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| description | Multitasking refers to performance of multiple tasks. The most prominent types of multitasking are situations including either temporal overlap of the execution of multiple tasks (i.e., dual tasking) or executing multiple tasks in varying sequences (i.e., task switching). In the literature, numerous attempts have aimed at theorizing about the specific characteristics of executive functions that control interference between simultaneously and/or sequentially active component of task-sets in these situations. However, these approaches have been rather vague regarding explanatory concepts (e.g., task-set inhibition, preparation, shielding, capacity limitation), widely lacking theories on detailed mechanisms and/ or empirical evidence for specific subcomponents. The present research topic aims at providing a selection of contributions on the details of executive functioning in dual-task and task switching situations. The contributions specify these executive functions by focusing on (1) fractionating assumed mechanisms into constituent subcomponents, (2) their variations by age or in clinical subpopulations, and/ or (3) their plasticity as a response to practice and training. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-540882024-03-29T08:00:58Z Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations Mike Wendt Tilo Strobach Markus Janczyk BF1-990 Q1-390 cognitive plasticity multitasking task switching dual tasking cognitive flexibility PRP bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology Multitasking refers to performance of multiple tasks. The most prominent types of multitasking are situations including either temporal overlap of the execution of multiple tasks (i.e., dual tasking) or executing multiple tasks in varying sequences (i.e., task switching). In the literature, numerous attempts have aimed at theorizing about the specific characteristics of executive functions that control interference between simultaneously and/or sequentially active component of task-sets in these situations. However, these approaches have been rather vague regarding explanatory concepts (e.g., task-set inhibition, preparation, shielding, capacity limitation), widely lacking theories on detailed mechanisms and/ or empirical evidence for specific subcomponents. The present research topic aims at providing a selection of contributions on the details of executive functioning in dual-task and task switching situations. The contributions specify these executive functions by focusing on (1) fractionating assumed mechanisms into constituent subcomponents, (2) their variations by age or in clinical subpopulations, and/ or (3) their plasticity as a response to practice and training. 2021-02-11T20:20:26Z 2021-02-11T20:20:26Z 2018-11-16 17:17:57 2018 book 29682 16648714 9782889454532 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54088 eng Frontiers Research Topics image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/4872/multitasking-executive-functioning-in-dual-task-and-task-switching-situations Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88945-453-2 10.3389/978-2-88945-453-2 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889454532 196 open access |
| spellingShingle | BF1-990 Q1-390 cognitive plasticity multitasking task switching dual tasking cognitive flexibility PRP bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology Mike Wendt Tilo Strobach Markus Janczyk Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations |
| title | Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations |
| title_full | Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations |
| title_fullStr | Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations |
| title_short | Multitasking: Executive Functioning in Dual-Task and Task Switching Situations |
| title_sort | multitasking executive functioning in dual task and task switching situations |
| topic | BF1-990 Q1-390 cognitive plasticity multitasking task switching dual tasking cognitive flexibility PRP bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology |
| topic_facet | BF1-990 Q1-390 cognitive plasticity multitasking task switching dual tasking cognitive flexibility PRP bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology |
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