Individual Differences in Multiple-Task Performance as a Function of Response Strategy
实验发现，执行离散任务组合时使用的反应策略反映了个体在多任务（而非单任务）信息处理中的差异，采用集中反应策略的受试者多任务表现较差，但单任务表现无显著差异。
This experiment demonstrates that the response strategies used to perform a discrete task combination reflect individual differences in multiple- but not single-task information processing. Subjects performed a discrete task combination on two consecutive days. On Day 1, the strategy was identified as a simultaneous, an alternating, or a massed response strategy. On Day 2, some of the subjects were asked to change strategy. Comparisons among subjects using the same strategy on Day 2 indicate that subjects who use the massed response strategy naturally do not perform as well under multiple-task conditions as do the other subjects, although their single-task performance is not significantly poorer. Subsequent analyses revealed that massed response subjects may have poorer time-sharing skills than other subjects.