Multiple Task Performance

Multiple Task Performance
Author: D Damos
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1991-10-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780850667578

This edited collection combines contributions from academics and human factor specialists upon the theme of multiple-task performance - the ability of the mind to control several actions simultaneously.

Multiple Task Performance

Multiple Task Performance
Author: D Damos
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000162907

This book deals with theories of multiple-task performance and focuses on learning and performance. It is primarily for professionals in human factors, psychology, or engineering who are interested in multiple-task performance but have no formal training in the area.

New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance
Author: Edwin A. Locke
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415885485

This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume will have a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management academics and graduate students.

Ageing and Executive Control

Ageing and Executive Control
Author: Ulrich Mayr
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781841699080

The empirical and theoretical analysis of executive control processes, dormant for many years, has grown to become one of the most fertile areas of research in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Because executive functions are thought to have a pervasive role in maintaining optimal information processing across many processing situations, issues related to executive control cut across many traditional research divides. Unique among many other areas of research in cognition, questions about the influence of ageing have figured prominently in executive control research. There is accumulating evidence of age-related changes in frontal/executive functions. The union of research on executive functioning with research on the cognitive effects of ageing could provide the theoretical framework for understanding the widespread influence of ageing on cognition. This special issue brings together well-known researchers in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience who approach the question of executive control using a wide range of methods from traditional behavioural studies, quantitative and computational modelling, and functional neuroimaging. The emphasis of these contributions is on a concise overview and integration of relevant theoretical ideas and empirical findings. By bringing together a diverse group of contributors, this special issue can serve researchers and students both as a summary of current research and as a starting point toward further explorations on the relations between executive control and the cognitive influences of ageing.

Applied Attention Theory

Applied Attention Theory
Author: Christopher D. Wickens
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000011607

Eye witness testimony, training, driving, and display design: these are just a few of the real-world domains in which depend on undivided attention. Emphasizing the link between theory and application, Applied Attention Theory provides a deep understanding of how theories of attention, developed from laboratory-based psychological research, can inform our understanding of everyday human performance in a wide number of applications and environments. The basic theories discussed concern divided, focused, and selective attention, and areas of application include mental workload measurement, multi-tasking, distracted driving, complex display design, education, and the training of attentional skills. Includes an extensive reference list and citations to both basic and applied work Provides intuitive descriptions of attentional phenomena in the world beyond the laboratory Discusses applications of attention theory to diverse areas such as graph design, distracted driving, and process control Offers an engineering orientation as well as a psychological orientation to research Highlights the critical role of effort in single task behavior, such as decision and choice, to the extent that humans tend to be effort-conserving in their choice of activities Examines how multiple tasks are managed in a discrete fashion

The Handbook of Aging and Cognition

The Handbook of Aging and Cognition
Author: Fergus I.M. Craik
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1136872140

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues have been generated in the past ten years. This new edition reviews new findings and theories, enables the reader to assess where the field is today, and evaluates its points of growth. The chapters are organized to run from reviews of current work on neuroimaging, neuropsychology, genetics and the concept of brain reserve, through the 'mainstream' topics of attention, memory, knowledge and language, to a consideration of individual differences and of cognitive aging in a lifespan context. This edition continues to feature the broad range of its predecessors, while also providing critical assessments of current theories and findings.

Cognitive Limitations in Aging and Psychopathology

Cognitive Limitations in Aging and Psychopathology
Author: Randall W. Engle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2005-10-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1107320615

This book examines the major progress made in recent psychological science in understanding the cognitive control of thought, emotion, and behavior and what happens when that control is diminished as a result of aging, depression, developmental disabilities, or psychopathology. Each chapter of this volume reports the most recent research by a leading researcher on the international stage. Topics include the effects on thought, emotion, and behavior by limitations in working memory, cognitive control, attention, inhibition, and reasoning processes. Other chapters review standard and emerging research paradigms and new findings on limitations in cognitive functioning associated with aging and psychopathology. The explicit goal behind this volume was to facilitate cross-area research and training by familiarizing researchers with paradigms and findings in areas different from but related to their own.