@article{,
    author = {Stefani, Maximilian; Sauter, Marian; Eichert, Franziska; Mack, Wolfgang},
    title = {Expanding dual-task research by a triple-task},
    editor = {},
    booktitle = {},
    series = {},
    journal = {Open Psychology},
    address = {},
    publisher = {},
    edition = {},
    year = {2022},
    isbn = {},
    volume = {4},
    number =  {1},
    pages = {152-174},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1515/psych-2022-0008},
    doi = {10.1515/psych-2022-0008},
    keywords = {dual-task ; triple-task ; task coordination ; multitasking},
    abstract = {Multitasking research in the laboratory is dominated by extremely simplistic dual-task paradigms. Although dual-tasks  allow  for  some  variations,  they  do  not  compare  well  to  more  complex  everyday  task  settings.  This  study  expands a classical dual-task paradigm by adding a third task. The dual-tasks and the triple-task always consisted of the same three single tasks. The aim was to investigate the effects of the combinations of the three single-tasks and in which manner  response  times  and  costs  increased.  Stimulus-response  pairings  were  varied  either  once  within  participants  (E1) or between participants (E2). Our results showed that the increase in response time from dual-tasks to triple-tasks was only 43% of the increase from single-tasks to dual-tasks suggesting a non-linear cost of adding tasks. Moreover, response  times  in  each  subtask  were  higher  in  triple-task  situations  compared  to  single-task  or  dual-task  situations.  This is in contrast to classical dual-tasks, in which typically only one of the two responses is delayed. Cognitively, for costs  in  triple-tasks,  unlike  in  dual-tasks,  task  coordination  seems  to  play  a  larger  role  compared  to  the  classically  suggested relationships between stimulus and response in terms of their modality- and ideomotor-compatibility which we will discuss. Overall, the study demonstrates that current multitasking research is limited in its generalizability by focusing only on dual-tasks and would benefit from research with more complex task settings.},
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    institution = {Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften, HUM 7 - Institut für Psychologie, Professur: Mack, Wolfgang},
    
    
}