1. Chapter 10: Multitasking

2. OVERVIEW

4. EFFORT AND RESOURCE DEMAND

5. Performance-resource function
Resource limited, data limit

6. Allocation policy
Sustained atttention

7. multiplicity

8. Stages
The stage dichotomy of the multiple resource model

9. Processing Codes
Analog/spatial processing and categorical/symbolic (linguistic and verbal) processing

10. Perceptual Modalities
Visual and auditory modalities

11. Visual Channels
Focal and ambient vision

12. A Computational Model
Analog/spatial processing and categorical/symbolic (linguistic and verbal) processing

14. EXECUTIVE CONTROL, SWITCHING, AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

15. Executive control system
Interruption management
Task management

16. Task Switching Switch cost Stimulus complexity
Amplified cost with shortened switch intervals

17. Interruption Management
S1 properties of the OT
Engagement
Modality
Dynamics
Priority of the OT
Subgoal completion
Delay in S1

18. Interruption Management
Switch 1 properties of the IT: Salience and modality
Auditory preemption
Sensory preemption
Preattentive alerting

19. Interruption Management
S2: Quality of return to OT
Resumption lag
Visibility
Similarity

20. From Interruption Management to Task Management
Urgency
Importance
Task duration

21. DISTRACTED DRIVING

22. Mechanisms of Interference
Effort and resource demand
Multiple resource structure
Resource allocation

23. Cell Phone Interference
Do cell phones interfere with driving?
What are the mechanisms of interference?
Are hand-free cell phones safer than hand held phones?

24. TASK SIMILARITY, CONFUSION AND CROSSTALK

25. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE TIME SHARING

26. Expertise and Attention
Time sharing skill
Visual scanning
Interruption management
Attention flexibility

27. Training Expertise in Timesharing Skills
Scanning training
Interruption management training
Attention management training
Between-task interaction

28. Aging and Attention Skills
Age-related deficiencies in the resource allocation
Suffer greater from distractions
Some degradation in executive control