A computational theory of executive cognitive processes and multiple-task performance: Part 2. Accounts of psychological refractory-period phenomena Export

@article{citeulike:5065780, abstract = {Further simulations of human multiple-task performance have been conducted with computational models that are based on the executive-process interactive control (EPIC) architecture introduced by D. E. Meyer and D. E. Kieras (see record 84-14604). These models account well for patterns of reaction times and psychological refractory-period phenomena (delays of overt responses after short stimulus onset asynchronies) observed in a variety of laboratory paradigms and realistic situations. This supports the claim of the present theoretical framework that multiple-task performance relies on adaptive executive control, which enables substantial amounts of temporal overlap among stimulus identification, response selection, and movement-production processes for concurrent tasks. Such overlap is achieved through optimized task scheduling by flexible executive processes that satisfy prevailing instructions about task priorities and allocate limited-capacity perceptual-motor resources efficiently.}, author = {Meyer, D. E. and Kieras, D. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {5065780}, journal = {Psychological review}, keywords = {attention, bottleneck, comps, dual-task, models, production\_system, prp}, pages = {749--791}, posted-at = {2009-07-05 17:38:11}, priority = {0}, title = {A computational theory of executive cognitive processes and multiple-task performance: Part 2. Accounts of psychological refractory-period phenomena}, volume = {4}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5065780 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5065780 N2 - Further simulations of human multiple-task performance have been conducted with computational models that are based on the executive-process interactive control (EPIC) architecture introduced by D. E. Meyer and D. E. Kieras (see record 84-14604). These models account well for patterns of reaction times and psychological refractory-period phenomena (delays of overt responses after short stimulus onset asynchronies) observed in a variety of laboratory paradigms and realistic situations. This supports the claim of the present theoretical framework that multiple-task performance relies on adaptive executive control, which enables substantial amounts of temporal overlap among stimulus identification, response selection, and movement-production processes for concurrent tasks. Such overlap is achieved through optimized task scheduling by flexible executive processes that satisfy prevailing instructions about task priorities and allocate limited-capacity perceptual-motor resources efficiently. JF - Psychological review EP - 791 TI - A computational theory of executive cognitive processes and multiple-task performance: Part 2. Accounts of psychological refractory-period phenomena VL - 4 SP - 749 KW - attention KW - bottleneck KW - comps KW - dual-task KW - models KW - production_system KW - prp AU - Meyer, DE AU - Kieras, DE PY - 1997/// ER -