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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Cognitive control in media multitaskers
Research summary
Heavy media multitaskers were more susceptible to interference from irrelevant stimuli and memory representations and performed worse on task switching. The group-comparison design does not establish causality.
Evidence strengths
- Multiple cognitive-control tasks
- Clear heavy versus light comparison
Limitations
- Observational group assignment
- Causality is unresolved
Topics
- Cognitive Science
- Learning
- Prediction
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