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S/PS/54. Divided attention and task similarity experiment

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2005
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The area in which this experiment covered was attention, and specifically the study of divided attention and task-similarity. It is known that two tasks which are dissimilar are performed easier as compared when two tasks are similar. Two tasks are similar if they use the same resources in the cognitive factors of a human being. Placing too much requirements on a resource decreases the ability to perform two tasks simultaneously but if two tasks are dissimilar, and therefore require attention from different resources, the task will be performed in a better way. This is what this experiment takes a close look at.

 

KEYWORDS: Psychology, divided attention, cognitive psychology, psychology, experiment, attention,

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