The Multitasking Mind
The Multitasking Mind
OXFORD SERIES ON
COGNITIVE MODELS AND ARCHITECTURES
Series Editor
Frank E. Ritter
Series Board
Rich Carlson
Gary Cottrell
Pat Langley
Richard M. Young
Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi:
An Architecture of Motivated Cognition
By Joscha Bach
Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems
Edited by Wayne D. Gray
In Order to Learn: How the Sequence of
Topics Influences Learning
Edited by Frank E. Ritter, Josef Nerb, Erno Lehtinen, and Timothy M. O’Shea
How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe?
By John R. Anderson
The Multitasking Mind
Dario D. Salvucci and
Niels A. Taatgen
1
2011
1
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Salvucci, Dario D.
The multitasking mind / Dario D. Salvucci, Niels A. Taatgen.
p. cm. — (Oxford series on cognitive models and architectures)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978–0–19–973356–9 (hardback)
1. Human multitasking. 2. Time management. I. Taatgen, Niels A. II.
OXFORD SERIES ON
COGNITIVE MODELS AND ARCHITECTURES
Series Editor
Frank E. Ritter
Series Board
Rich Carlson
Gary Cottrell
Pat Langley
Richard M. Young
Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi:
An Architecture of Motivated Cognition
By Joscha Bach
Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems
Edited by Wayne D. Gray
In Order to Learn: How the Sequence of
Topics Influences Learning
Edited by Frank E. Ritter, Josef Nerb, Erno Lehtinen, and Timothy M. O’Shea
How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe?
By John R. Anderson
The Multitasking Mind
Dario D. Salvucci and
Niels A. Taatgen
1
2011
1
Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further
Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education.
Oxford New York
Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi
Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi
New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto
With offices in
Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece
Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore
South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam
Copyright © 2011 by Dario Salvucci and Niels Taatgen
Published by Oxford University Press, Inc.
198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Salvucci, Dario D.
The multitasking mind / Dario D. Salvucci, Niels A. Taatgen.
p. cm. — (Oxford series on cognitive models and architectures)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978–0–19–973356–9 (hardback)
1. Human multitasking. 2. Time management. I. Taatgen, Niels A. II.
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