Citation

Damos DL. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1978; 22(1): 373.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1071181378022001100

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Individuals involved in training operators of complex systems have observed that trainees differ widely in the time they require to learn a multiple-task job and their terminal level of performance. Individual differences in performance under multiple-task conditions also have been noted to be larger than corresponding differences in single-task performance. These differences have been attributed to timesharing skills, skills required only in the multiple-task situation. Timesharing skills include such skills as parallel information processing, rapid intertask switching, and efficient response strategies.

Language: en