Cognitive control in media multitaskers

Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass, and Anthony D. Wagner
PNAS September 15, 2009 106 (37) 15583-15587; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903620106

  1. Edited by Michael I. Posner, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, and approved July 20, 2009 (received for review April 1, 2009)

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    The filter task. (A) A sample trial with a 2-target, 6-distractor array. (B) HMM and LMM filter task performance as a function of the number of distractors (two targets). Error bars, SEM.

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    AX-CPT mean response times in the no-distractors and the distractors conditions (note that the overall decrease in response times from the no distractors to the distractors condition is due to greater predictability of probe onset as a result of the rhythmic nature of the distractors; the key data point is the difference in the distractors condition between LMMs and HMMs). Error bars, SEM.

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    Two- and three-back task results. (A) Hit rates. (B) False alarm rates. Error bars, SEM.

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Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass, Anthony D. Wagner
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sep 2009, 106 (37) 15583-15587; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903620106
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