Work interruptions are ubiquitous in today's workplaces as a result of the proliferation of
technology and a growing emphasis on collaboration and open workspaces. Although a …

Objective To understand the complex effects of interruption in healthcare. Materials and
methods As interruptions have been well studied in other domains, the authors undertook a …

Electronic communication is emotionally gratifying, but how do such technological
distractions impact academic learning? The current study observed 263 middle school, high …

We propose a theoretical framework that explores the accumulation of work interruptions
and their effects. Most research studies have dealt with interruptions as isolated …

In this paper we present a computational cognitive model of task interruption and
resumption, focusing on the effects of the problem state bottleneck. Previous studies have …

Multitasking is prevalent during computer-mediated work. Users tend to switch between
multiple ongoing computer-based tasks either due to a personal decision to break from the …

We investigated high-school students' perceptions of the relationship between non-
academic information and communications technology (NA-ICT) use and academic …

Interruptions lead to a deterioration of primary task performance. Applied research usually
describes a delay in primary task resumption as an essential component of this performance …

Air traffic controllers can sometimes forget to complete deferred tasks, with safety
implications. In two experiments, we examined how the presence and type of interruptions …

Learning from captioned foreign language videos is highly effective, but the availability of
such videos is limited. By using speech-to-text technology to generate partially correct …