Is multi-tasking complex?

Authors
Citation
Wb. Macleod, Is multi-tasking complex?, BEHAV BRAIN, 21(6), 1998, pp. 840
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0140525X → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(199812)21:6<840:IMC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In a simple economic decision problem with multi-tasking the dimensionality of the problem is neither a necessary nor a sufficient measure of complexi ty. Rather, dimension is good measure of complexity when there is an aggreg ate resource constraint that creates an interaction between the different a ctivities, resulting in a problem with high algorithmic complexity.