Name
Title | ||
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The effects of positive and negative self-interruptions in discretionary multitasking |
Abstract | ||
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Human multitasking is often the result of self-initiated interruptions in the performance of an ongoing task. Compared to externally induced interruptions, self-interruptions have not received enough research attention. To address this gap, this paper develops a detailed classification of self-interruptions rooted in positive and negative feelings of task progress based on responses subjects provided after completing a multitasking laboratory experiment. The results suggest that multitasking due to negative feelings is associated with more self-interruptions than those triggered by positive feelings and that more self-interruptions may produce lower accuracy in all tasks. Therefore, negative internal triggers of self-interruptions seem to unleash a downward spiral that ultimately affects performance. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2012 | 10.1145/2212776.2223706 | CHI Extended Abstracts |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
detailed classification,negative feeling,downward spiral,positive feeling,multitasking laboratory experiment,discretionary multitasking,enough research attention,task progress,induced interruption,negative self-interruptions,human multitasking,ongoing task,multitasking,performance | Simulation,Computer science,Cognitive psychology,Laboratory experiment,Human–computer interaction,Human multitasking,Feeling | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.34 | 8 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Adler | 1 | 73 | 6.32 |
| Raquel Benbunan-Fich | 2 | 544 | 46.04 |