Working memory capacity predicts effective multitasking
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Highlights：
• Students who attended to text and video content had poorer recall from both media.
• Students who could ignore the video learned as much as undistracted students.
• Working memory, preference, and confidence in success identified good multitaskers.
• Good multitaskers during study were not always most effective on the breakfast task.
• Only working memory capacity was common to success on study and breakfast tasks.
摘要
•Students who attended to text and video content had poorer recall from both media.•Students who could ignore the video learned as much as undistracted students.•Working memory, preference, and confidence in success identified good multitaskers.•Good multitaskers during study were not always most effective on the breakfast task.•Only working memory capacity was common to success on study and breakfast tasks.
论文关键词：Multitasking,Individual differences,Polychronicity,Working memory capacity,Perceived multitasking ability,Better-than-average effect
论文评审过程：Received 4 March 2017, Revised 26 July 2017, Accepted 4 August 2017, Available online 4 August 2017, Version of Record 10 August 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.008
