WEBSTER SCATTERGRAM METHOD - USEFULNESS FOR ASSESSING THE ASYMMETRY OF INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CONCURRENT TASKS

Authors
CAROSELLI JS HISCOCK M ROEBUCK T
Citation
Js. Caroselli et al., WEBSTER SCATTERGRAM METHOD - USEFULNESS FOR ASSESSING THE ASYMMETRY OF INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CONCURRENT TASKS, Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 19(2), 1997, pp. 185-190
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical",Psychology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
13803395
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
185 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
1380-3395(1997)19:2<185:WSM-UF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Webster (1988) described a means of using scattergrams to represent th e manual and nonmanual data from dual-task laterality experiments in a composite analysis. We used Webster's method and the conventional app roach (i.e., separate analyses) to analyze the results of an experimen t in which 40 right-handed adults performed a verbal and a manual task concurrently. Whereas separate analyses yielded dissimilar outcomes f or the two tasks, the scattergram analysis showed that overall interfe rence was greater when the right hand performed the manual task than w hen the left hand performed the manual task. Advantages of the scatter gram method for analyzing dual-task data are discussed.