Task Speed and Accuracy Decrease When Multitasking
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
College students commonly report that multitasking increases productivity (Lin et al., 2015).
“College students commonly report that multitasking increases productivity (Lin et al., 2015).”
From Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018) · cites this paper as Lin et al., 2015
Cites
An analysis of variance test for normality (complete samples)
SHAPIRO, S. S., & WILK, M. B. (1965) · Biometrika · doi:10.1093/biomet/52.3-4.591 · Cited by 23,480 · see citing works
An Analysis of Variance Test for Normality (Complete Samples)
Shapiro, S. S., & Wilk, M. B. (1965) · Biometrika · doi:10.2307/2333709 · Cited by 23,469 · see citing works
Egeth, H. E., & Kahneman, D. J. (1975) · The American Journal of Psychology · doi:10.2307/1421603 · Cited by 6,976 · see citing works
The international personality item pool and the future of public-domain personality measures
Goldberg, L. R., Johnson, J. A., Eber, H. W., Hogan, R., Ashton, M. C., Cloninger, C. R., & Gough, H. G. (2006) · Journal of Research in Personality · doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2005.08.007 · Cited by 3,185 · see citing works
Prensky, M. (2003) · Computers in entertainment · doi:10.1145/950566.950596 · Cited by 3,106 · see citing works
Gunderman, R. B. (2011) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-0-85729-307-7_10 · Cited by 2,903 · see citing works
Tatnall, A. (2020) · Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_300187 · Cited by 2,893 · see citing works
Multiple Resources and Mental Workload
Wickens, C. D. (2008) · Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society · doi:10.1518/001872008x288394 · Cited by 2,164 · see citing works
Cognitive control in media multitaskers
Ophir, E., Nass, C., & Wagner, A. D. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0903620106 · Cited by 1,810 · see citing works
Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin.
Friedman, N. P., Miyake, A., Young, S. E., DeFries, J. C., Corley, R. P., & Hewitt, J. K. (2008) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General · doi:10.1037/0096-3445.137.2.201 · Cited by 1,547 · see citing works
Meyer, D. E., & Kieras, D. E. (1997) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.104.1.3 · Cited by 1,401 · see citing works
Intercultural Communication: A Reader
Catrileo, M. (2004) · Estudios filológicos · doi:10.4067/s0071-17132004003900019 · Cited by 1,347 · see citing works
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World HC
Tapscott, D. (2008) · McGraw-Hill eBooks · Cited by 886 · see citing works
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World.
Tapscott, D. (2010) · doi:10.14507/er.v0.1265 · Cited by 804 · see citing works
Executive Function in Typical and Atypical Development
Zelazo, P. D., & Müller, U. (2010) · The Wiley‐Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development · doi:10.1002/9781444325485.ch22 · Cited by 784 · see citing works
Kolb, B. E., & Whishaw, I. Q. (1998) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.43 · Cited by 781 · see citing works
Measuring Skewness: A Forgotten Statistic?
Doane, D. P., & Seward, L. W. (2011) · Journal of Statistics Education · doi:10.1080/10691898.2011.11889611 · Cited by 769 · see citing works
The cognitive and neuroanatomical correlates of multitasking
Burgess, P. W., Veitch, E., de Lacy Costello, A., & Shallice, T. (2000) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/s0028-3932(99)00134-7 · Cited by 708 · see citing works
The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher of the future
Rowlands, I., Nicholas, D., Williams, P., Huntington, P., Fieldhouse, M., Gunter, B., Withey, R., Jamali, H. R., Dobrowolski, T., & Tenopir, C. (2008) · Aslib Proceedings · doi:10.1108/00012530810887953 · Cited by 617 · see citing works
Baron, R. A. (2007) · Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal · doi:10.1002/sej.12 · Cited by 586 · see citing works
Working memory and the control of action: Evidence from task switching
Baddeley, A., Chincotta, D., & Adlam, A. (2001) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General · doi:10.1037/0096-3445.130.4.641 · Cited by 494 · see citing works
The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics
Cramer, D., & Howitt, D. (2004) · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · doi:10.4135/9780857020123 · Cited by 480 · see citing works
Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes
Hayles, N. K. (2007) · Profession · doi:10.1632/prof.2007.2007.1.187 · Cited by 403 · see citing works
MEDIA MULTITASKING AMONG AMERICAN YOUTH: PREVALENCE, PREDICTORS AND PAIRINGS
Foehr, U. G. (2006) · Issue Lab (Candid) · Cited by 303 · see citing works
König, C. J., Bühner, M., & Murling, G. (2005) · Human Performance · doi:10.1207/s15327043hup1803_3 · Cited by 255 · see citing works
The overflowing brain: information overload and the limits of working memory
(2009) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.46-5905 · Cited by 219 · see citing works
Interdependence of Nonoverlapping Cortical Systems in Dual Cognitive Tasks
Just, M. A., Carpenter, P. A., Keller, T. A., Emery, L., Zajac, H., & Thulborn, K. R. (2001) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1006/nimg.2001.0826 · Cited by 215 · see citing works
Perceptual learning during action video game playing
Green, C. S., Li, R., & Bavelier, D. (2010) · Topics in Cognitive Science · doi:10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01054.x · Cited by 182 · see citing works
Category learning and the memory systems debate
Poldrack, R. A., & Foerde, K. (2007) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.07.007 · Cited by 169 · see citing works
Separate attentional resources for vision and audition
Alais, D., Morrone, M. C., & Burr, D. C. (2006) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3420 · Cited by 164 · see citing works
Conte, J. M., & Jacobs, R. R. (2003) · Human Performance · doi:10.1207/s15327043hup1602_1 · Cited by 143 · see citing works
Gender Differences in Multitasking Reflect Spatial Ability
Mäntylä, T. (2013) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/0956797612459660 · Cited by 132 · see citing works
Breadth-biased versus focused cognitive control in media multitasking behaviors
Lin, L. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0908642106 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
Self-citationWallis, C. (2006) · PubMed · Cited by 106 · see citing works
Fundamental Statistics for Social Research
Cramer, D. (2003) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780203360613 · Cited by 101 · see citing works
Rosen, L. D. (2011) · Educational leadership · Cited by 89 · see citing works
Exploring Task- and Student-Related Factors in the Method of Propositional Manipulation (MPM)
Leppink, J., Broers, N. J., Imbos, T., van der Vleuten, C. P. M., & Berger, M. P. F. (2011) · Journal of Statistics Education · doi:10.1080/10691898.2011.11889603 · Cited by 84 · see citing works
Individual Differences in Attentional Strategies in Multitasking Situations
Ishizaka, K., Marshall, S. P., & Conte, J. M. (2001) · Human Performance · doi:10.1207/s15327043hup1404_4 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical multitasking
Kushleyeva, Y., Salvucci, D. D., & Lee, F. J. (2004) · Cognitive Systems Research · doi:10.1016/j.cogsys.2004.09.005 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Lin, L., Lee, J., & Robertson, T. (2011) · Journal of Educational Computing Research · doi:10.2190/ec.45.2.d · Cited by 38 · see citing works
Self-citationGender Invariance in Multitasking
Strayer, D. L., Medeiros-Ward, N., & Watson, J. M. (2013) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/0956797612465199 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Gaming improves multitasking skills
Abbott, A. (2013) · Nature · doi:10.1038/501018a · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Monochronic and Polychronic Time
Kaufman‐Scarborough, C. (2017) · The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication · doi:10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0110 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Research Methodologies for Multitasking Studies
Lin, L., Cranton, P. A., & Lee, J. (2014) · Advances in knowledge acquisition, transfer, and management book series/Advances in knowledge acquisition, transfer and management book series · doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-7409-7.ch017 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
Self-citation
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
May, K. E., & Elder, A. D. (2018) · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education · doi:10.1186/s41239-018-0096-z · Cited by 287 · see citing works
- Authors
- Lin, L., Cockerham, D., Chang, Z., & Natividad, G.
- Affiliations
- University of North Texas (US)
- The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lin, Lin
- Venue
- Technology, Knowledge and Learning
- Published
- 2015-11-14
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 307-323
- ISSN
- 2211-1662 (ISSN-L)
- 2211-1670
- OpenAlex
- W2206648719
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Technology Knowledge and Learning (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Personal Information Management and User Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- multitasking, task accuracy, task completion time, age differences, cognitive efficiency, adolescents, young adults
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review