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@article{citeulike:960054, abstract = {A new theoretical framework, executive-process interactive control (EPIC), is introduced for characterizing human performance of concurrent perceptual-motor and cognitive tasks. On the basis of EPIC, computational models may be formulated to simulate multiple-task performance under a variety of circumstances. These models account well for reaction-time data from representative situations such as the psychological refractory-period procedure. EPIC's goodness of fit supports several key conclusions: (a) At a cognitive level, people can apply distinct sets of production rules simultaneously for executing the procedures of multiple tasks; (b) people's capacity to process information at "peripheral" perceptual-motor levels is limited; (c) to cope with such limits and to satisfy task priorities, flexible scheduling strategies are used; and (d) these strategies are mediated by executive cognitive processes that coordinate concurrent tasks adaptively.}, address = {Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1109, USA. demeyer@umich.edu}, author = {Meyer, D. E. and Kieras, D. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {960054}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9009880}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9009880}, issn = {0033-295X}, journal = {Psychological review}, keywords = {attention, bottleneck, comps, dual-task, models, production\_system, prp}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {3--65}, posted-at = {2009-07-03 21:01:38}, priority = {0}, title = {A computational theory of executive cognitive processes and multiple-task performance: Part 1. Basic mechanisms.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9009880}, volume = {104}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:960054 L3 - citeulike-article-id:960054 N2 - A new theoretical framework, executive-process interactive control (EPIC), is introduced for characterizing human performance of concurrent perceptual-motor and cognitive tasks. On the basis of EPIC, computational models may be formulated to simulate multiple-task performance under a variety of circumstances. These models account well for reaction-time data from representative situations such as the psychological refractory-period procedure. EPIC's goodness of fit supports several key conclusions: (a) At a cognitive level, people can apply distinct sets of production rules simultaneously for executing the procedures of multiple tasks; (b) people's capacity to process information at "peripheral" perceptual-motor levels is limited; (c) to cope with such limits and to satisfy task priorities, flexible scheduling strategies are used; and (d) these strategies are mediated by executive cognitive processes that coordinate concurrent tasks adaptively. IS - 1 JF - Psychological review SN - 0033-295X AD - Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1109, USA. demeyer@umich.edu EP - 65 TI - A computational theory of executive cognitive processes and multiple-task performance: Part 1. Basic mechanisms. VL - 104 SP - 3 KW - attention KW - bottleneck KW - comps KW - dual-task KW - models KW - production_system KW - prp AU - Meyer, DE AU - Kieras, DE PY - 1997/01// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9009880 ER -