Conversations Amidst Computing: A Study of Interruptions and Recovery of Task Activity

@incollection{citeulike:2707630, abstract = {We present results from a field study investigating the influence of conversations on the multitasking behavior of computer users. We report on several findings, including the timing of the resumption of tasks following conversational interruptions and on the nature and rate of computing activities that are performed concurrently with conversation.}, author = {Iqbal, Shamsi and Horvitz, Eric }, citeulike-article-id = {2707630}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-73078-1\_43}, journal = {User Modeling 2007}, keywords = {attention, disruption, workplace20}, pages = {350--354}, posted-at = {2008-04-23 14:32:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Conversations Amidst Computing: A Study of Interruptions and Recovery of Task Activity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73078-1\_43}, year = {2007} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:2707630 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2707630 TI - Conversations Amidst Computing: A Study of Interruptions and Recovery of Task Activity JF - User Modeling 2007 SP - 350 EP - 354 N2 - We present results from a field study investigating the influence of conversations on the multitasking behavior of computer users. We report on several findings, including the timing of the resumption of tasks following conversational interruptions and on the nature and rate of computing activities that are performed concurrently with conversation. KW - attention KW - disruption KW - workplace20 AU - Iqbal, Shamsi AU - Horvitz, Eric PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73078-1_43 ER -