Why is it so hard to do my work? The challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks

2009/05/24 by Sophie Leroy · 2 citations
Decision Sciences · Engineering · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Engineering #Human–computer interaction #Mind wandering and attention #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Personal Information Management and User Behavior #Psychology #Social psychology #Task (project management) #Task analysis #Task switching #Transition (genetics) #Work (physics)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2009.04.002

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