Numerous studies showed decreased performance in situations that require multiple tasks
or actions relative to appropriate control conditions. Because humans often engage in such …

How do we recognize what one person is saying when others are speaking at the same
time? This review summarizes widespread research in psychoacoustics, auditory scene …

The proliferation and ease of access to information and communication technologies (ICTs)
such as Facebook, text messaging, and instant messaging has resulted in ICT users being …

Although some research has shown a negative relation between Facebook use and
academic performance, more recent research suggests that this relation is likely mitigated by …

The omnipresence of student-owned information and communication technologies (ICTs) in
today's college classrooms presents educational opportunities but can also create learning …

The purpose of this study was to examine whether boredom proneness and/or loneliness
predict problem internet use (PIU) and whether these possible associations are moderated …

This chapter introduces basic concepts and methodologies in research on task-set control.
To this end, key concepts are defined (such as “task” and “task set,” which refers to the …

Human judgments obtained through Mean Opinion Scores (MOS) are the most reliable way
to assess the quality of speech signals. However, several recent attempts to automatically …

This exploratory study looks at the phenomena of texting in a marketing education context. It
outlines the difficulties of multitasking within two metacognitive models of learning and sets …

Many studies have compared results from sound recordings and traditional point-count
survey observer data when surveying avian communities. None have investigated the use of …