ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Media Multitasking and Accounts of Sustained Attention Decrements
- Allison Drody
- Brandon Ralph
University of Waterloo - James Danckert
University of Waterloo - Daniel Smilek
University of Waterloo
Abstract
To adjudicate between two competing accounts of vigilance decrements, we measured changes in boredom, effort and media multitasking (MMT) during a sustained attention task. Boredom and MMT increased over time, whereas effort decreased. Results challenge the resource-depletion and opportunity costs accounts of vigilance decrements.
Attention and Distraction
