Dual-Task Interference in Simple Tasks: Data and Theory

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Copyright 1994 by the American Psychological Association. Inc. Psychological Bulletin 1994. Vol. 116. No. 2. 220-244 0033-2909/94/$ Dual-Task Interference in Simple tasks : data and Theory Harold Pashler People often have trouble performing 2 relatively Simple tasks concurrently. The causes of this inter-ference and its implications for the nature of attentional limitations have been controversial for 40 years, but recent experimental findings are beginning to provide some answers.

222 Figure 1. The psychological refractory period effect. Top panel: The first stimulus (S1) precedes the second stimulus (S2), and reaction times (RTs) are recorded to each.

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