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Abstract Asef 2017
Abstract Asef 2017
Multitasking
Task switching
Executive brain activities
Brain lobes – 4 main lobes
Deivi Barçi, Ergi Istrefi (Supervisior: Daniela Çuka)
Recruit the volunteers and let them know the date and time of the experiment.
Remind them to bring their music players with a head set.
Prepare two simple math tests using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Each
test should take about 10 minutes to complete, should be equally challenging, and have the
same number of problems. Make enough copies so that every person has his/her own copy
of each test to write on.
The day of the test, explain briefly to the volunteers what they will be doing. Tell them they
should not feel rushed since you will be giving them
plenty of time to finish. You should note the start and
finish times of each volunteer (or have each volunteer
record their start and finish times on the test).
Ask half your volunteers to take the first test without
their music players on, and the other half should take the
same test while listening to their favorite tunes.
When everyone if finished with the first test, reverse the
groups so now those volunteers who took the "quiet" test
can listen to their music players and vice versa. Hand out the second version of the math
test and give the groups the same amount of time to take the test as you did the first time.
Again, record the start and stop times of each volunteer (or have each volunteer record
their start and finish times on the test).
Ask your volunteers to write down how they felt they did on the first test versus the second
test.
o We will also ask the volunteers for task switching while they are doing the exam to
see how the brain responds to it.
Deivi Barçi, Ergi Istrefi (Supervisior: Daniela Çuka)
Multitasking
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Volunteer 1 Volunteer 2 Volunteer 3 Volunteer 4
We will enter the values and we will see the difference, the average and in the end to hopefully
answer our question:
CAN REALLY PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO TWO THINGS AT ONCE?