Channel Capacity and Locus of Interference under Dual Task Conditions
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 46 (2) , 659-666
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1978.46.2.659
Abstract
Two experiments were performed in order to determine subjects' maximum information-processing capacity under dual task conditions and to provide empirical evidence regarding the localization of the divided attention effect. The results suggest that performance on the primary task deteriorates as a joint function of both primary and secondary task processing loads. These data support the locus of interference being within the control-processing (memory-dependent) and response-selection stages of the processing system.Keywords
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