Phone conversation while processing information: chronometric analysis of load effects in everyday-media multitasking
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- This is a pilot study that examined the effect of cell-phone conversation on cognition using a continuous multitasking paradigm. Current theorizing argues that phone conversation affects behavior (e.g., driving) by interfering at a level of cognitive processes (not peripheral activity) and by implying an attentional-failure account. Within the framework of an intermittent spare–utilized capacity threading model, we examined the effect of aspects of (secondary-task) phone conversation on (primary-task) continuous arithmetic performance, askingThis is a pilot study that examined the effect of cell-phone conversation on cognition using a continuous multitasking paradigm. Current theorizing argues that phone conversation affects behavior (e.g., driving) by interfering at a level of cognitive processes (not peripheral activity) and by implying an attentional-failure account. Within the framework of an intermittent spare–utilized capacity threading model, we examined the effect of aspects of (secondary-task) phone conversation on (primary-task) continuous arithmetic performance, asking whether phone use makes components of automatic and controlled information-processing (i.e., easy vs. hard mental arithmetic) run more slowly, or alternatively, makes processing run less reliably albeit with the same processing speed. The results can be summarized as follows: While neither expecting a text message nor expecting an impending phone call had any detrimental effects on performance, active phone conversation was clearly detrimental to primary-task performance. Crucially, the decrement imposed by secondary-task (conversation) was not due to a constant slowdown but is better be characterized by an occasional breakdown of information processing, which differentially affected automatic and controlled components of primary-task processing. In conclusion, these findings support the notion that phone conversation makes individuals not constantly slower but more vulnerable to commit attention failure, and in this way, hampers stability of (primary-task) information processing.…
Autor(en): | Michael B. Steinborn, Lynn Huestegge |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-158253 |
Dokumentart: | Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift |
Institute der Universität: | Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften (Philos., Psycho., Erziehungs- u. Gesell.-Wissensch.) / Institut für Psychologie |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch): | Frontiers in Psychology |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
Band / Jahrgang: | 8 |
Heft / Ausgabe: | 896 |
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle: | Frontiers in Psychology 8:896 (2017). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00896 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00896 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | cell phone conversation; effort; sustained attention; variability; vigilance |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 22.03.2018 |
Sammlungen: | Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2017 |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |