ACT-R

Publications about Multi-Tasking

Altmann, E. M., & Gray, W. D. (2008). An integrated model of cognitive control in task switching. Psychological Review, 115, 602-639. [PDF] [info]

Altmann, E. M., & Trafton, J. G. (2007). Timecourse of recovery from task interruption: Data and a model. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 1079-1084. [PDF] [info]

Anderson, J. R., Taatgen, N. A., & Byrne, M. D. (2005) Learning to achieve perfect time sharing: Architectural implications of Hazeltine, Teague, & Ivry (2002). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 31, 749-761. [PDF] [info]

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., Stocco, A., & Van Rijn, H. (2008). Locating the Problem Representation Bottleneck in the Brain. In Proceedings of the fourteenth annual ACT-R workshop. [PDF] [info]

Borst, J. P., Taatgen, N. A., van Rijn , D. H., Stocco, A., & Fincham, J. M. (2009). Testing fMRI predictions of a dual-task interference model. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Cognitive Modeling (paper 236), Manchester, United Kingdom. [PDF] [info]

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2009). Modeling Triple-Tasking without Customized Cognitive Control. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society. [PDF] [info]

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., Van Rijn, H., Stocco, A., & Fincham, J.M. (2009). Testing fMRI Predictions of a Dual-Task Interference Model. In In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling [info]

Borst, J. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). The costs of multitasking in threaded cognition. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. [PDF] [info]

Brumby, D.P., Howes, A., & Salvucci, D.D. (2007). A cognitive constraint model of dual-task trade-offs in a highly dynamic driving task. In the Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2007) (pp. 233-242). New York, NY: ACM Press. [PDF] [info]

Brumby, D. P. & Saluvicci, D. D. (2006). Towards a constraint analysis of human multitasking. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 353-354). Trieste, Italy. [PDF] [info]

Brumby, D. P. & Salvucci, D. D. (2006). Exploring human multitasking strategies from a cognitive constraint approach. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2451) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [PDF] [info]

Brumby, D. P., Salvucci, D. D., & Howes, A. (2007). Dialing while driving? A bounded rational analysis of concurrent multi-task behavior. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. [PDF] [info]

Brumby, D.P., Salvucci, D.D., Mankowski, W., & Howes, A. (2007). A cognitive constraint model of the effects of portable music-player use on driver performance. To appear in the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting (HFES 2007). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF] [info]

Byrne, M. D., & Anderson, J. R. (2001). Serial modules in parallel: The psychological refractory period and perfect time-sharing. Psychological Review, 108, 847-869. [PDF] [info]

Chavez, A. K. & Salvucci, D. D. (2003) An ACT-R Model of the Wickens Tracking Task. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pg 1324. [PDF] [info]

Dickison, D. H. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). ACT-R Models of cognitive control in the Abstract Decision Making Task. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. [PDF] [info]

Dzaack, J., Kiefer, J. & Urbas, L. (2005). An approach towards multitasking in ACT-R/PM. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual ACT-R Workshop, Trieste, Italy. [PDF] [info]

Gerjets, P., Scheiter, K., Schorr, T. (2003).Modeling Processes of Volitional Action Control in Multiple-Task Performance: How to Explain Effects of Goal Competition and Task Difficulty on Processing Strategies and Performance within ACT-R. Cognitive Science Quarterly, 3, 355-400. [PDF] [info]

Gray, W. D. & M. J. Schoelles (2003). The Nature and Timing of Interruptions in a Complex Cognitive Task: Empirical Data and Computational Cognitive Models. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pg 37. [PDF] [info]

Gunzelmann, G., Byrne, M. D., Gluck, K. A., & Moore, L. R. (2009). Using computational cognitive modeling to predict dual-task performance with sleep deprivation. Human Factors, 51(2), 251-260. [PDF] [info]

Juvina, I. & Taatgen, N. A. (2006). How attentional blink facilitates multitasking. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2520 ) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [PDF] [info]

Kelley, T. D., Scribner, D. R., (2003). Developing a Predictive Model of Dual Task Performance. ARL Technical Report ARL-MR-0556. [PDF] [info]

Kiefer, J. (2006). Modeling individual strategic behavior in human multitasking. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2530) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [PDF] [info]

Kushleyeva, Y., Salvucci, D. D., & Lee, F. J. (2004). Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical multitasking. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF] [info]

Kushleyeva, Y., Salvucci, D. D., & Lee, F. J. (2005). Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical multitasking. Cognitive Systems Research, 6, 41-49. [PDF] [info]

Nguyen, T. M. & Salvucci, D. D. (2006). Piano Playing: A model of sight-reading and rhythmic timing. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 208-212). Trieste, Italy. [PDF] [info]

Ritter, F. E., Reifers, A., Klein, L. C., Quigley, K., & Schoelles, M. (2004). Using cognitive modeling to study behavior moderations: Pre-task appraisal and anxiety. In Proceedings of the Human factors and Ergonomics Society (pp. 2121-2125). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factor and Ergonomics Society. [PDF] [info]

Ritter, F. E., van Rooy, D., St. Amant, R., & Simpson, K. (2006). Providing user models direct access to interfaces: An exploratory study of a simple interface with implications for HRI and HCI. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Part A, Systems and Humans, 36(3), 592-601. [PDF] [info]

Salvucci, D. D. (2005) A multitasking general executive for compound continuous tasks. Cognitive Science, 29, 457-492. [PDF] [info]

Salvucci, D. D. (2006). Modeling driver behavior in a cognitive architecture. Human Factors, 48, 362-380. [PDF] [info]

Salvucci, D. D., Kushleyeva, Y., & Lee, F. J. (2004). Toward an ACT-R general executive for human multitasking. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF] [info]

Salvucci, D. D. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). An integrated approach to modeling concurrent multitasking. In The 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Nashville, Tennessee, USA. [PDF] [info]

Salvucci, D.D., Taatgen, N.A., & Borst, J.P. (2009). Toward a Unified Theory of the Multitasking Continuum: From Concurrent Performance to Task Switching, Interruption, and Resumption. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI 2009 Conference Proceedings (pp. 1819-1828). New York: ACM Press. [PDF] [info]

Salvucci, D. D., & Taatgen, N. A. (in press). Threaded cognition: An integrated theory of concurrent multitasking. Psychological Review. [PDF] [info]

Salvucci, D. D., Taatgen, N. A., & Kushleyeva, Y. (2006). Learning when to switch tasks in a dynamic multitasking environment. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 268-273). Trieste, Italy. [PDF] [info]

Schoor, T., Gerjets, P., & Scheiter, K. (2003). Volitional action control in multiple-task performance: Modeling effects of goal competition and task difficulty in ACT-R. In F. Detje, D. Doerner, & H. Schaub (Eds.), In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 183-188). Bamberg, Germany: Universitats-Verlag Bamberg. [PDF] [info]

Schorr, T., Gerjets, P. & Scheiter, K. (2003) Analyzing Effects of Goal Competition and Task Difficulty in Multiple-Task Performance: Volitional Action Control within ACT-R. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pg 1053-1058. [PDF] [info]

Taatgen, N.A. (2005). Modeling parallelization and speed improvement in skill acquisition: from dual tasks to complex dynamic skills. Cognitive Science, 29, 421-455. [PDF] [info]

Taatgen, N.A., Juvina, I., Schipper, M., Borst, J.P., & Martens, S. (In Press). Too Much Control can Hurt: A Threaded Cognition Model of the Attentional Blink. Cognitive Psychology. [PDF] [info]

Veksler, B. Z., Gray, W. D., & Schoelles, M. J. (2007). From 1000ms to 650 ms: Why interleaving, soft constraints, and milliseconds matter. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. [PDF] [info]

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