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Performance Enhancements Under Dual-task ConditionsResearch on dual-task performance has been concerned with delineating the antecedent conditions which lead to dual-task decrements. Capacity models of attention, which propose that a hypothetical resource structure underlies performance, have been employed as predictive devices. These models predict that tasks which require different processing resources can be more successfully time shared than tasks which require common resources. The conditions under which such dual-task integrality can be fostered were assessed in a study in which three factors likely to influence the integrality between tasks were manipulated: inter-task redundancy, the physical proximity of tasks and the task relevant objects. Twelve subjects participated in three experimental sessions in which they performed both single and dual-tasks. The primary task was a pursuit step tracking task. The secondary tasks required the discrimination between different intensities or different spatial positions of a stimulus. The results are discussed in terms of a model of dual-task integrality.
Document ID
19850006228
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kramer, A. F.
(Illinois Univ. Champaign, IL, United States)
Wickens, C. D.
(Illinois Univ. Champaign, IL, United States)
Donchin, E.
(Illinois Univ. Champaign, IL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Ames Research Center 20th Ann. Conf. on Manual Control, Vol. 2
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Accession Number
85N14537
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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