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Multitasking Load

Multitasking Load is a cognitive load construct that refers to the incremental mental effort imposed on working memory when an individual concurrently processes multiple tasks or streams of information, thereby interfering with attentional control and task performance.

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Cognitive control in media multitaskers

Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass, Anthony D. Wagner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Does Father Care Mean Fathers Share?

Lyn Craig · Gender & Society · 2006 · 965 citations · Full text

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No A 4 U: The relationship between multitasking and academic performance

Reynol Junco, Shelia R. Cotten · Computers & Education · 2012 · 802 citations

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Emergency Department Workplace Interruptions Are Emergency Physicians “Interrupt‐driven” and “Multitasking”?

Carey D. Chisholm, Edgar K. Collison, David R Nelson et al. · Academic Emergency Medicine · 2000 · 617 citations · Full text

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Digital Stress over the Life Span: The Effects of Communication Load and Internet Multitasking on Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Impairments in a German Probability Sample

Leonard Reinecke, Stefan Aufenanger, Manfred E. Beutel et al. · Media Psychology · 2016 · 379 citations

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Authors

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    Anna S. Law

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 131 citations

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    Gloria Mark

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    3 publications · 232 citations

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  3. RH
    Robert H. Logie

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 113 citations

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    Melissa Niiya

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    2 publications · 170 citations

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    Matthias Weigl

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

    2 publications · 76 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    808 citations

  2. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    612 citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    141 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    183 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    7.7K citations

  7. Liverpool John Moores University

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    76 citations

  8. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    111 citations

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  1. Computers in Human Behavior

    13 publications · 837 citations

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  2. Computers & Education

    5 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Media Psychology

    MP · 3 publications · 485 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 235 citations

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    2 publications · 28 citations

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