Media multitasking, impulsivity and dual task ability

dc.contributor.author Shin, Myoungju en_US
dc.contributor.author Webb, Andrew en_US
dc.contributor.author Kemps, Eva Bertha en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-13T04:05:33Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-13T04:05:33Z
dc.date.issued 2018-11-09
dc.description © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This author accepted manuscript is made available following 24 month embargo from date of publication (November 2018) in accordance with the publisher’s archiving policy en_US
dc.description.abstract With recent developments in technology, media multitasking is an ever-increasing phenomenon. Although most studies associate media multitasking with high impulsivity and poorer cognitive performance, findings in the literature have been mixed, with some studies suggesting the opposite. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between media multitasking and the capacity to exert inhibitory control, as well as the ability to multitask in a multisensory setting. Results showed that media multitasking was associated with high attentional impulsivity and lower initiatory self-control, but not with inhibitory self-control. Relatedly, heavy media multitaskers were slower and showed more omission errors on the go/no-go task, suggestive of inattention; however, they were better at inhibiting already initiated motoric responses in the stop signal task. Media multitasking was further associated with faster responses when a letter and a tone task were temporally separated, but not when they were presented closer in time. Taken together, the results suggest a more nuanced relationship between media multitasking, personality and cognitive ability than has previously been thought. This has important real life implications for media multitasking, showing both advantages and disadvantages. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Shin, M., Webb, A., & Kemps, E. (2019). Media multitasking, impulsivity and dual task ability. Computers in Human Behavior, 92, 160–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.11.018 en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.11.018 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0747-5632
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2328/38949
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.rights © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ en_US
dc.rights.holder Elsevier Ltd. en_US
dc.rights.license CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.subject Media multitasking en_US
dc.subject Impulsivity en_US
dc.subject Self-control en_US
dc.subject Dual task en_US
dc.subject Multisensory en_US
dc.subject Psychological refractory period (PRP) en_US
dc.title Media multitasking, impulsivity and dual task ability en_US
dc.type Article en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Kemps, Eva Bertha: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0161-2960 en_US
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