Dual-task interference in simple tasks

Pashler, H. (1994). Dual-task interference in simple tasks: Data and theory. Psychological Bulletin, 116(2), 220-244.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1994

DOI

10.1037/0033-2909.116.2.220

Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.116.2.220

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cognitive_science, neuroscience

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• Attentional Capacity
  • The shared move is treating attention as a finite resource whose allocation explains performance limits, an analytic strategy Pashler (1994) consolidates in his review of dual-task interference as evidence for a central capacity bottleneck.

    This sourceInfluential review consolidating dual-task interference and psychological-refractory-period evidence for a central capacity bottleneck in attentional selection

• Refractory Period
  • Neuroscience (origin) — sodium-channel inactivation after an action potential prevents back-propagation, caps neural firing rates, and forces a one-way wave along an axon. Cardiac physiology — the post-contraction refractory period of cardiac muscle makes the heart pump rather than fibrillate; its failure is the structural source of arrhythmia. Software and systems — rate limiting and debouncing: after handling an event, ignore identical events for a window, as in UI button debouncing, network retry backoff, and scheduler quanta. Distributed systems — post-leader-election quiet windows, circuit-breaker open and half-open timeouts, idempotency tokens whose acceptance window closes after first use. Law and administration — statutes of repose, double-jeopardy bars, and post-filing blackout periods, each an intrinsic window after a defined event during which the same action is barred. Operations and athletics — post-engagement unit rotation, mandatory rest after a combat action, enforced recovery between maximal efforts in training. Pharmacology and attention — minimum re-dosing intervals set by drug clearance; the psychological refractory period, the observed difficulty of making two decisions in rapid succession.

    This sourceReviews the psychological refractory period: the difficulty of making two decisions in rapid succession.

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