task-switching

You had to do task-switching, and had to change your concentration.

Archive 2008-04-01 Thatsnews 2008

It may be that this issue is generational - people who grow up with computer games may be better at task-switching/ multi-tasking.

Philocrites: Introducing a new front page. 2005

He argues that the constant task-switching required when using the likes of mobile phones, email and instant messaging can lead to an effect he has called 'Attention Deficit Trait' or ADT.

Mind Hacks: Turn on, tune in, spin out 2005

I think part of the reason why people love packaging is that in a lot of cases the game box packaging and the manual are also works of art, and a printed manual is also far easier to refer to while playing online than task-switching between your game and manual reader program.

Bah, Humbug & Digital Distribution 2004

For one thing, it is possible that task-switching changeover costs can be substantially reduced.

QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

For one thing, it is possible that task-switching changeover costs can be substantially reduced.

QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

For one thing, it is possible that task-switching changeover costs can be substantially reduced.

QUALITY IS PERSONAL Harry V. Roberts 1993

Similarly, task-switching is simpler-just swipe applications in from the side of the screen-rather than replicating the indirect task switchers found in Windows Phone and iOS.

Ars Technica Peter Bright 2011

Thinking in zots generally works out a whole lot better than thinking in time for individual tasks, because zots are generally used to include things like overhead, task-switching, and time waiting or involved with meetings or third-parties.

Dwell On It 2010

They wanted to see how the brain works when motivation impacts task-switching, how it heightens the importance of a one-rewarding goal while inhibiting the importance of non-rewarding goals.

Newswise: Latest News 2010