TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1979//
TI  - Is time-sharing a general capability?
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Hawkins, Harold L.
A1  - Rodriguez, Elizabeth
A1  - Reicher, Gerald M.
SP  - 532
EP  - 535
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
N2  - The time-sharing ability of 18 students was measured under 8 separate dual-task conditions. Three distinct task characteristics were systematically varied across conditions in an effort to manipulate the nature of the specific time-sharing demands imposed. Each condition contained two of these characteristics in common with 3 of the remaining 7 conditions, one of the characteristics in common with 3 others, and none in common with the last condition. Time-sharing efficiency correlated across conditions that impose similar processing demands on the individual, but not across conditions imposing relatively dissimilar demands. We conclude that time-sharing performance under present conditions is determined by several poorly correlated, task-specific subcapacities rather than by a single general ability.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181379023001132
ID  - ref1
ER  -