The Ins and Outs of the Central Bottleneck

人类在信息处理的多个层面显示出严重的能力限制。考虑到随着现代科技的进步，人们在日常生活中需要做的多任务处理（例如，用免提移动电话通话和开车），了解信息处理的哪些阶段相互干扰是至关重要的。目前的工作将扩展我们关于哪些认知操作可以同时进行而不受损害的知识。此外，它将帮助我们更好地理解与各种临床群体（如精神分裂症和情绪障碍患者）有关的加工限制。

Humans display severe capacity limitations at multiple levels of information processing. When considering, with modern technological advances, the amount of multitasking one is called upon to do in every day life (e.g., talking on a hands-free mobile phone device and driving) it is vital to understand what stages of information processing interfere with one another. The present work will extend our knowledge regarding which cognitive operations can be performed concurrently without impairment. In addition, it will help us better understand processing limitations that have been linked to a variety of clinical groups such as those suffering from schizophrenia and mood disorders.