TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Individual differences in multitasking ability and adaptability
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Morgan, Brent
A1  - D'Mello, Sidney
A1  - Fike, Karl
A1  - Abbott, Robert
A1  - Haass, Michael
A1  - Tamplin, Andrea
A1  - Radvansky, Gabriel
A1  - Forsythe, Chris
SP  - 919
EP  - 923
VL  - 55
IS  - 1
N2  - Multitasking has become increasingly prevalent in people's personal and professional lives. Considerable research has attempted to identify the characteristics of people (i.e., individual differences) that predict multitasking ability, and more importantly, the ability to rapidly cope with changing task demands (adaptability). This question was assessed in an experiment wherein participants first completed a battery of individual differences tests of cognitive abilities, then multitasked in a flight simulator in which task difficulty was incrementally increased via three experimental manipulations. The results indicated that general aptitude and working memory predicted general multitasking ability, but spatial ability was the dominant factor for adapting to increasing difficulty in this flight simulator task. We conclude by discussing the implications and applied aspects of these findings.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181311551191
ID  - ref1
ER  -