Electrophysiological investigation of dual-task interference

了解多任务处理在正常人类信息处理中的局限性是心理学和神经科学的一个关键话题。它不仅帮助我们定义，作为人类，我们能做什么，不能做什么，而且还为我们认知系统的功能架构打开了一扇迷人的窗户。心理学不应期范式和注意眨眼范式被广泛用于实验室研究双任务表现。在这个研究项目中进行的工作将利用最近开发的强大的电生理技术来研究多任务干扰，以便彻底调查这两种范式中的双任务限制。

Understanding multitasking limitations in normal human information processing is a key topic in psychology and the neurosciences. It not only helps us define what we, as human beings, can and cannot do at one time, but it also opens a fascinating window into the functional architecture of our cognitive system. Two simple paradigms have been widely used to study dual-task performance in the laboratory: the psychological refractory period paradigm and the attentional blink paradigm. The work conducted within this program of research will take advantage of powerful electrophysiological techniques recently developed to study multitasking interference in order to investigate thoroughly dual-task limitations within these two paradigms.