Human perceptual and cognitive abilities are limited resources. Attention is the mechanism
used to allocate such resources in the most effective way. Current technologies, in addition …

This article reviews empirical research conducted in the last decade on the subject of how
online display advertising affects the usability and quality of user experience of websites. In …

This paper reports results from a controlled experiment (N= 50) measuring effects of
interruption on task completion time, error rate, annoyance, and anxiety. The experiment …

In this study, we develop a theoretical model that predicts an inverted-U relationship
between multitasking and performance. The model is tested with a controlled experiment …

The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate collaboration and
communications between enti ties such as between automated applications, parties to a …

Models of attention in computing and communication Page 1 One of the main results of 20th
century cognitive psychology is that, despite the overall impressive abilities of people to sense …

We present methods for inferring the cost of interrupting users based on multiple streams of
events including information generated by interactions with computing devices, visual and …

To contribute to systems that reason about human attention, our work empirically
demonstrates how a user's mental workload changes during task execution. We conducted …

Despite the growing importance of information technology (IT) interruptions for individual
work, very little is known about their nature and consequences. This paper develops a …

A notification represents the proactive delivery of information to a user and reduces the need
to visually scan or repeatedly check an external information source. At the same time …