Distraction in the workplace is increasingly more common in the information age. Several tasks and sources of information compete for a worker's limited cognitive capacities in human-computer interaction (HCI). In some situations even very brief interruptions can have detrimental effects on memory. Nevertheless, in other situations where persons are continuously interrupted, virtually no interruption costs emerge. This dissertation attempts to reveal the mental conditions and causalities differentiating the two outcomes. The explanation, building on the theory of long-term working memory (LTWM; Ericsson and Kintsch, 1995), focuses on the active, skillful aspects of human cognition that enable the storage of task information beyond the tempo...
Humans are capable of remembering information in an active, easily accessible form. However, this is...
Ikääntymisen tiedetään heikentävän kognitiivista prosessointia, mutta säännöllinen fyysinen ja kogni...
The authors summarize developments in the concept of working memory as a multicomponent system, begi...
Typically, we have several tasks at hand, some of which are in interrupted state while others are be...
The aim of this current study is to increase awareness and to provide insight into the human psychol...
La dissociation entre mémoire de travail (WM) et mémoire à long terme (LTM) fait l'objet de nombreus...
People have large differences in their visual attentional and working memory (WM) abilities. Both at...
When experts construct mental images, they do not rely only on perceptual features; they also access...
Working memory capacity has been suggested as a factor that is involved in long-term memory retrieva...
The present study addressed the influence of distraction task on the interaction of working memory a...
Multitasking refers to situations where a person undertakes multiple tasks in a limited time period ...
Interruptions are prevalent everywhere and in all work settings. Previous research has demonstrated ...
Intact function of working memory (WM) is essential for children and adults to cope with every day l...
Walking is an important and common behavior in humans and is needed frequently in everyday life. The...
How lasting memories are created is a question that has driven much research into human cognition. A...
Humans are capable of remembering information in an active, easily accessible form. However, this is...
Ikääntymisen tiedetään heikentävän kognitiivista prosessointia, mutta säännöllinen fyysinen ja kogni...
The authors summarize developments in the concept of working memory as a multicomponent system, begi...
Typically, we have several tasks at hand, some of which are in interrupted state while others are be...
The aim of this current study is to increase awareness and to provide insight into the human psychol...
La dissociation entre mémoire de travail (WM) et mémoire à long terme (LTM) fait l'objet de nombreus...
People have large differences in their visual attentional and working memory (WM) abilities. Both at...
When experts construct mental images, they do not rely only on perceptual features; they also access...
Working memory capacity has been suggested as a factor that is involved in long-term memory retrieva...
The present study addressed the influence of distraction task on the interaction of working memory a...
Multitasking refers to situations where a person undertakes multiple tasks in a limited time period ...
Interruptions are prevalent everywhere and in all work settings. Previous research has demonstrated ...
Intact function of working memory (WM) is essential for children and adults to cope with every day l...
Walking is an important and common behavior in humans and is needed frequently in everyday life. The...
How lasting memories are created is a question that has driven much research into human cognition. A...
Humans are capable of remembering information in an active, easily accessible form. However, this is...
Ikääntymisen tiedetään heikentävän kognitiivista prosessointia, mutta säännöllinen fyysinen ja kogni...
The authors summarize developments in the concept of working memory as a multicomponent system, begi...