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Critical-Path Scheduling of Mental Processes in a Dual Task

SciencePublished 8 August 1980
Richard Schweickert
Citations96
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score10.42
SNIP6.62

TL;DR

Scheduling theory is used to extend the additive factors method of analyzing reaction times to tasks involving concurrent processing and data indicate that mental processes in a double-stimulation experiment by Becker are executed in a critical-path network.

Abstract

Scheduling theory is used to extend the additive factors method of analyzing reaction times to tasks involving concurrent processing. Data indicate that mental processes in a double-stimulation experiment by Becker are executed in a critical-path network. A relationship predicted for the timing of the responses of the task is shown to hold.

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