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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Memory for Goals"”.
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The Effects of Interruption Relevance and Complexity on Primary Task Resumption and Mental Demand
… task and whether they placed a demand on working memory (i.e., high complexity or low complexity). The primary measures of interest were the duration of time needed to resume the primary task and perceived mental demand. The Memory for Goals model (Altmann & Trafton, 2002) predicts that task …
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The Effect of Task Interruptions and Reliable Cues on Detection Changes Within Dynamic Scenes
<p>Interruptions are a common problem for attention and pose a threat to visual task performance. The Memory for Goals (MFG) theory suggests that strongly and accurately encoded cues can assist the ability to resume a primary task after an interruption (Altmann & Trafton, 2002). Encoded cues can …
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Examining the Effect of Interruptions at Different Breakpoints and Frequencies Within a Task
… (EST) can be used to determine optimal moments for an interruption relying on hierarchical task analysis (HTA) to identify coarse and fine event boundaries. Utilizing a 2 X 3 mixed design, undergraduate students completed a trip planning task divided into three task trials. The within-subjects …